I would ask why he preferred children as friends rather than adults.
This thread feels like a trap.
Because, Children don't stab you in the back and they don't turn on you. Adults do. That's what he'll tell you. His whole career was full of adults using him for 'MONEY'
Something like 'Thanks for saving thousands of people around the world and for makin incredible music and being the kindest human being on the planet' after/beforebreaking down and fainting