The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this standing prompt, with minor contractions and word-order variation.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The most extravagant thing was a bottle of 1904 armagnac for $1,000. I spent $10,000 on a Martin guitar in the 90s. I also spent $100,000 on a Fairlight keyboard and I ended up giving it away. Oh well.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2017 source ↗
A very nice holiday.
My Birkin bags, which I plan to pass on to my future children.
A BMW 6 series convertible. It was smashing.
At the beginning of 2019, I brought my entire family with me on my honeymoon to Bora Bora.
I would have tried to meet Lou Reed backstage. I went to see him for years, and never tried to meet him. Eventually we met at award shows and did become friends.
Ten more closets: I am a hoarder.
Hormones – other than that, I sleep like a rock.
An astronaut, a writer, a dancer.
There are a few. As far as getting started, lots of people who really want to make a song have figured that out already. I very rarely get asked for advice from people who have never written a song and want to know how to get started. It’s usually about getting stuck or feeling like they’ve painted themselves into a corner. I remember getting asked a question from this one kid who was probably 13 years old. He wanted to know if it was okay to always write in A minor. He liked writing classical piano pieces and his favorite key was A minor. My favorite key is also A minor, so he wanted to know if that was okay.
How little money really changes things. It buys doctors but not health, clothes but not taste, makeup but not beauty. When I was young and didn’t have anything, I imagined money had more power.
Ronnie Wood, Meghan Trainor, Emeli Sandé, Shane MacGowan, Melanie Chisholm, Suzi Quatro
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