Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
Maybe That’s Your Problem, a musical about premature ejaculation. It closed after only 18 performances.
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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Nappies aren’t fun!
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Emeli Sandé
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I was a perfume girl at a department store in Aberdeen. I was so bad at it, I didn’t make it to the end of the day.
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Horrible gigs at the beginning, when no one’s interested.
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Cars. I’ve got a Tesla at the moment.
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With no shoes on in the African bush with my family.
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