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Seeing Bob Dylan live.
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What has been your biggest disappointment?Originally asked
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Andrew O'Hagan
Scottish author
The internet. Such potential for good and for levelling up the world, but such a quagmire in reality.
Rufus Wainwright
Singer, songwriter and composer
Not getting proper dance lessons as a young person. I was a serious flamer.
Sheena Easton
Scottish singer
That I never found a way to stay in a relationship long term. I always feel trapped.
Engelbert Humperdinck
British singer
Not understanding the business side of my career enough. I could have probably been much wealthier than I am.
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Billy Connolly, who is a brilliantly funny man. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t adore him.
I wouldn’t lose my virginity at an army camp and then roll over on to an ants’ nest.
Don’t Stop Believin’ [by Journey].
Once, I was MC at a Christmas gig in Romford and a woman threw a dildo at my face.
I would just like to be remembered.
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