Bradley Wiggins
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Loss of control.
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Adolescent love feels like exquisite self-indulgence. Long-term love feels like a warm bath that needs a trickle of extra hot water every now and then.
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Gloria Estefan
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Comforting, solid, unconditional, a drug.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗
Roger Taylor
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It comes in flashes, so it feels fleeting.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 October 2021 source ↗
Emeli Sandé
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Freedom: it’s euphoric.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗
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Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2017 source ↗
An actor. Then I grew out of that and became one by default. Or sort of one: “Not really an actor”, said Michael Billington.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2017 source ↗
The next morning. It rarely turns out as bad as I think it’s going to be.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2017 source ↗
Sorry, I’m British and middle class, so I’ve already apologised to virtually everybody I have ever met.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2017 source ↗
As a charming, helpful, solicitous, generous, loving, carefree and constantly funny companion, lover and father. Some hope of that.
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No songs, please. Don’t make a fuss.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 December 2017 source ↗
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