Even Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney didn’t know how to begin his translation of Sophocles. Then inspiration struck …

“My future ambitions were: 1) to be an electronic engineer - I did do that; 2) to be a rock drummer - I did that; and 3) to tour with Rush. So Pixies and Rush touring together. Then that’s it. It’s all done.”

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