Phil Lynott's Mom Is Awesome

“I listen to his music every single day. I also visit his resting-place every day because it’s only round the corner from my house. I go around and I pour water on his stone — I call it washing his face — and then when I’m leaving I give him a kick, for breaking my heart.”
 — Public Radio International has a very touching interview with 81-year-old Philomena Lynott, the mother of Ireland’s greatest rocker, Phil Lynott, who died of a heroin overdose in 1986. [via]