Vegetarian Star

“Trying to change the world is a one-way ticket to a sore head. You just need to try to be a good human being. And if by dong that, you inadvertently change the world, then great. Try to be a decent person, it’s the easiest thing you can do. If everyone did that, we’d all be cool. We’d feel like we were living in a utopia.”

–Fran Healy, singer and song-writer for the Britpop band Travis. In late 2010, Healy released a solo album, Wreckorder, which featured Paul McCartney. As a thank you to McCartney for collaborating with him on the album, Healy went vegetarian. An interview with Healy on his new veg lifestyle and music career can be found in the March 2011 issue of Vegetarian Times.

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“Yeah, I’ve totally stuck with it. In fact, I’ve been on detox for about 2 weeks now, and I’m not taking any dairy as well. And I feel great, actually. I feel like, wow, this is cool. I’ve been reading a little bit, I had a debate the other week with a friend about the dairy industry. I said, I eat eggs, and he said, oh you can’t do that if you’re a vegetarian. And then I looked into it, and I found the dairy industry and the fact that they kill a lot of the male chickens because they’re useless, it’s quite barbaric.”

–Fran Healy on how his promise to Paul McCartney to go vegetarian has also steered him away from eggs and dairy.

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When Paul McCartney agreed to perform on Travis‘ Fran Healy‘s solo album, Healy paid McCartney back in a gift worth more than a million dollar record contract.

Healy, his wife and one year old son have all turned vegetarian, the singer wrote on his blog, according to The Guardian.

“Nora [Healy's wife] and I were sitting and thinking of a thank-you present and I suggested going vegetarian. Our son is already one, so it would mean we would all be on the same boat. I met Paul at his show in Berlin and told him what we wanted to do. He was visibly flabbergasted. Three days later the FedEx man delivered three Linda McCartney [vegetarian] cook books.”

Healy says he doesn’t miss his old diet and enjoyed hummus this past Christmas.

“I haven’t had any longing for meat or fish yet.”

It’s fantastic that Healy made a decision that’s better for the health of his family.

Sure  hope he keeps it up.

Going back to cheeseburgers may be a breach of contract worth years of court time over intellectual property.

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