JB
I couldn’t do it. I realised recently that all the things that have gone wrong are just as important as all the things that went right.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 January 2016 source ↗
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Greg James
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If I had known what a stylist was when I joined Radio 1, I would have enlisted the help of one.
I would have been OK with feeling shy. In my teenage years, I thought being an actor meant that you had to be a little more performative.
Noah Harari
Israeli historian and philosopher
I would like to come out at 16 or 17, and not 21.
Tracey Ullman
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I would have stopped making records after They Don’t Know.
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When I started getting to grips with playing the guitar, aged 11.
My girlfriend. I am away a lot and, as much as she understands, I’d like to say sorry for not being there.
My dad, for providing for the family for 20 years – he was a wine merchant and recently retired.
Less pizza – living on tour is not conducive to eating healthily.
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd – the greatest guitar solo ever.
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