About 15 minutes into a thoughtful Zoom conversation, the garrulous Niven poses a question of his own: 'Why was I managing Guns N' Roses?' Given what he describes, it is a good question.
"I'm related to Keanu Reeves. We have a Reeves ohana gathering every year in Hawai'i and he never comes, which I don't blame him for at all; his dad was not a good father, so I assume, besides being a busy actor, he doesn't come because that burned the bridges with our family."
I was singing while closing up a store I worked at as a young adult. A woman came in and said, 'Sorry to intrude, but is that you singing?' and I, bright red in the face, sheepishly said 'yes' and she just said, 'Don't you ever stop,' and walked away. It made me feel all fuzzy inside.
