Fran Healy
Scottish musician
If I’m ever out of line, I’m very quick to apologise and try to make amends.
Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
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To my teachers in high school - that I didn't punch them in the mouth for discouraging all my interests.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Frank Adamson, my first coach, for not spending more time with him in his later years. I feel bad about that.
Cynthia Nixon
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Everybody, now and before, who was fleeing for their lives and wasn’t allowed into our country.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
British journalist
Every offended interviewee who thought I was asking hard questions for some personal reason. It’s never personal.
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Johnny Mathis - he is so perfect.
I worked in a unisex clothes store for three days. Girls would say, 'Do I look fat in this?' I'd say, 'Yes.' I was fired.
As a funny guy who surprised you once in a while.
Chasing after fire engines as a child with my dad and watching neighbours' houses burn to the ground.
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