Louis Walsh
Irish music manager and television personality
I’m always happy. Ask Simon Cowell: he says if I had a tail, I’d wag it.
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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What keeps you awake at night?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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1 March 1991, when I got back on the stage almost a year after a road accident in our tour bus. I felt like I had climbed Mount Everest. That was euphoric.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗
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View all 576 →On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.
Mornings. Playing music, fresh coffee, dippy eggs and soldiers, my girlfriend – what’s not to love?
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When I'm on set, filming.
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A psychologist and then a diplomat.
I’ve only done two and loved them both – one in the band, and the other as an interpreter in customs.
Comforting, solid, unconditional, a drug.
Art. We have some Picassos and Diego Riveras.
When I feel that I am unprepared. Before a show I always have nightmares that I go out on stage naked.
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