With
With
work
and and
parties
and and
all all
of the
excitement
work
parties
of the
excitement
in London,
you you
know,
I was
a teenager,
a a
in London,
know,
I was
a teenager,
young
man
and and
I didn’t
have
the the
discipline
young
man
I didn’t
have
discipline
for for
that that
I was
supposed
to. to.
Every
6 months
I was
supposed
to to
I was
supposed
Every
6 months
I was
supposed
go go
to the
immigration
office
to get
my my
passport
stamped.
It was
to the
immigration
office
to get
passport
stamped.
It was
something
I had
to do,
but but
of course
I was
too too
busy
going
to all
something
I had
to do,
of course
I was
busy
going
to all
of the
parties
and and
enjoying
myself,
no no
way way
was was
I going
to get
up up
of the
parties
enjoying
myself,
I going
to get
at 6 at o’clock
in the
morning
and and
go go
to Croydon,
which
is in
6 o’clock
in the
morning
to Croydon,
which
is the
in the
suburbs
and and
get get
it stamped.
No No
way.
(Laughs)
So So
what
happened
suburbs
it stamped.
way.
(Laughs)
what
happened
was was
I had
to go
visit
my my
mother
in New
York,
and and
Immigration
I had
to go
visit
mother
in New
York,
Immigration
said,
look
you’re
back
and and
forth,
back
and and
forth
but but
you you
don’t
said,
look
you’re
back
forth,
back
forth
don’t
have
a stamp
on on
this this
passport,
so they
held
me me
over
night
in the
have
a stamp
passport,
so they
held
over
night
in the
airport,
and and
all all
of my
English
friends
tired
to come
to get
me me
airport,
of my
English
friends
tired
to come
to get
out…nothing.
They
put put
me me
on on
a plane.
By By
that that
time
I had
out…nothing.
They
a plane.
time
I had
established
myself
in London,
I had
a flat
with
furniture,
and and
established
myself
in London,
I had
a flat
with
furniture,
clothes;
I had
a life
in London.
I had
to leave
it behind
and and
fly fly
clothes;
I had
a life
in London.
I had
to leave
it behind
back
with
my my
holiday
clothes.
I even
got got
off off
the the
plane
to to
back
with
holiday
clothes.
I even
plane
change
my my
clothes
to New
York.
change
clothes
to New
York.