No Sad Songs For Curtis Mayfield
Steven R Rosen, Denver Post, 6 March 1994
ANYONE CAN HAVE a paralyzing, life-diminishing accident at anytime - bad things happen to good people just as often as good things. You just accept that and hope you're lucky. And when you hear of someone who isn't, there's not much else to do except say'poor soul'' or 'tough luck'' and go on.
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