On stage with my band.
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My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.
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When my children Suzy and Justin were small: I loved watching them grow up, helping and encouraging them.
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Busta Rhymes
American rapper
When I was young and carefree, before I realised what the obstacles were that we face as black people. I was raised in a beautiful home with incredible parents. They allowed me to enjoy what it was to be a child.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 December 2020 source ↗
Elaine Paige
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I’m happy: I have a wonderful career and great friends.
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I don’t think I’d change anything: the bad forms you more than the good.
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I had a cafeteria job, serving food, and some people were really nasty. There was a stack of nice, cool plates, and a stack of hotter plates that had just come out of the kitchen. So, if a person was an arsehole, I’d hand them a hot plate with a smile and watch them deal with it.
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Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗
Right after 9/11, Kenny and I went to perform for the troops in Pakistan and Uzbekistan. As we were flying in, an electronic voice went off: “Warning: missile launch! Warning: missile launch!” The Taliban had fired a rocket at us. I was waiting to see the back of the plane blow up, but it didn’t and we landed.
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My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.
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