Richard Coles: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Richard Coles said elsewhere, not written here

A great composer. I wrote to Benjamin Britten to tell him this and that he was my third favourite composer. For some reason he didn’t feel moved to reply.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

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Jim Kerr Scottish singer and songwriter

In the Beatles.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2022 source ↗

Shirley Ballas English ballroom dancer

Dancing was in my bones from when I started ballet at two.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 June 2018 source ↗

Shaun Ryder English singer

In 1975, I watched the film Stardust, and Adam Faith said, “I supply the birds, the pills and the pot.” And I thought, “I want that.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 August 2017 source ↗

Sofia Coppola American filmmaker and actress

A magazine editor like Diana Vreeland.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2023 source ↗