Ronnie Wood
English rock musician
An artist travelling and playing with the Stones.
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A botanist or a florist.
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Dan Stevens
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Jobs that I saw on television, until I realised they were all played by actors – then I wanted to be an actor.
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A man. I have always fought against being gender specific. I just don’t like being identified as female: I’m a person.
Julian Lloyd Webber
British cellist and conductor
A detective, a train driver on the underground and Leyton Orient’s centre forward.
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A cure for arthritis.
I saw a very expensive painting by a wonderful American painter called Charles Burchfield. I really loved it – it hit me in the solar plexus – and I thought if I did three extra concerts on tour, I might be able to afford it. And I did.
In London. When Blake [Edwards, her husband since 1969] made me laugh so much I wept. Blake says I slept with a smile.
Working on my memoir because some memories were painful to revisit.
Losing my singing voice. I had to have an operation and unfortunately it was not successful. I’ve not been able to sing since.
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