Hi,
I have my tears here and there, it's really as if some of these were your best friends ... and then you move on. A little piece of them is always with me anyway, or you would not remember them, see? Thus, I tend to raise the imaginary wine glass (with water) and toast ... love you my friend, and thanks ... and then go back to my own heaven and hell.
The rest is just sentimental bruhaha ... that does not help my creativity a single iota ... I can write about it all day, but there is better material out there when you are free of it!
Do I miss this or that person and musician? Heck yeah ... but in many ways, they had their chance and they stood up, and maybe it is my turn or yours ... to do so, and that is their message.
Does it mean I do not miss a Richard Wright, or Lothar Meid, or this person or that person? NO. It means that they left a golden moment in my soul that inspires me endlessly ... and no words will ever replace those golden moments ... sorry Judy G.