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Robert Wyatt

If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy.

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Robert Wyatt is saying that when you never fully master something important, you feel a strong need to succeed at it at least once in your lifetime. He believes that achieving this goal can compensate for the loss of energy or strength that comes with aging.

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