My wife and I were meant to meet Frank Sinatra before he went on stage in Hamburg. But there was a taxi-drivers’ strike and we were too late.
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Realising as I grew up that people don’t really know what they’re doing.
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The Guardian’s review of my book.
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Not keeping off the last 5lbs.
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I assumed that once I reached some level of achievement, I would feel fixed.
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When I met my husband and had babies. They have made me happy ever since.
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The End by the Beatles.
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I did a crap impersonation of JK Rowling a few years ago. Sorry, JK. Can this apology put me on a casting list for your next mega-franchise?
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I would have stopped making records after They Don’t Know.
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