my immediate selfish needs [and all to be shared with good friends]:

a secluded lakeside hut deep in a remote forest in central/east europe
with independent electricity generation
and no neighbours for miles.

a winnibego converted into a mobile studio
with a full-time employed trustworthy drug-free driver/sound engineer/assistant.

an old victorian ex-municiple building, threatened by neglect
and greedy philistine property speculators,
to be converted into my main permanent UK home
and studio, rehearsal stage, swimming pool and gym
[maintenance staff as required].

a luthier and amp workshop
staffed by a small well paid team of expert technicians
to turn my sketchbook ideas into best quality reality.

a reasonable sized seaworthy motor/sail boat suitable for international travel
and well equipped with recording facilities
for mid ocean open air semi-acoustic performances.

a premium quality Somerset orchard and cider press,
providing steady well rewarded work for a local community.

an annual 'off the corporate media radar' un-publicised free entry
local small-scale festival with international headline acts of my choice.

All employees, permanent & temporary, to be paid considerably well above national minimum wage,
with full benefits and union membership as appropriate.

Thats enough to start with, then see how what's left of the billion,
invested in ethical saving schemes, pans out over the next 10 to 20 years...

Finally, any £££$$$ left over to be bequeathed to whatever Humanist social development / music and arts organization
most impresses me with their commitment, integrity and ideas..


.. so I guess it all adds up to a sort of rural steam punk equivalent
of Prince's private money burning Paisley Park creative utopia folly
of the 80's & 90's....