What’s the first thing you tell someone about your brother?  “He’s my favorite person in the world. I don’t know why. There have been other people who have come along. And I can’t live without my parents, and I love love love my nieces, and I love
 “Geez, how much gel did you put in there?”
  How was the 8-year age gap when y’all were growing up?  “Well it’s not just the age difference, but also how we grew up with completely different experiences. I always had a lot more responsibility than most people my age…even as a preteen. Some of
 “I was the first one to graduate from college in my family. In fact, there’s some debate whether some graduated from high school. School was just never encouraged. You worked. It was all about entrepreneurship. You were an entrepreneur and you worke
 “We had a brother between us who passed away. He was 18. I was 23 when he died, and she was 15. We got a call. He fell six stories from a balcony. Sober. I drove down there. As soon as I saw the priest I knew. They called me into the room—really it
 “I always looked up to my brothers. Period. I wanted to do what they were doing. Blindly. And after my brother died, my parents kind of gave up. My older brother took the reins. They stopped working. They couldn’t function. My Dad was like, ‘I don’t
  Tell me something you’ve learned from your sister…  “To be more social, that’s one. She’s such a good person to so many people. I wish I were more like that. When we were working together, I was always behind the scenes. I didn’t want to talk to an
  What’s the best thing about having a sibling?  “Just having that history. There’s just not going to be that many people who are with you from the beginning to the end. All the way.” . “There’s the history but also the getting along with each other
 “You hear that phrase thrown around, ‘Oh we’re like brothers…we’re like sisters.” You hear that all the time. I’ve said it myself, but at some point you realize NO ONE is like your brother or sister, except your brother or sister.”
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