Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth.
“During a big rock show, you can flub a few things and nobody will hear it, because it gets buried under everything else.”
“It's really easy to figure out why I love what I love, the holidays and food. I know the difference between having them and not having them.”