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Right after 9/11, Kenny and I went to perform for the troops in Pakistan and Uzbekistan. As we were flying in, an electronic voice went off: “Warning: missile launch! Warning: missile launch!” The Taliban had fired a rocket at us. I was waiting to see the back of the plane blow up, but it didn’t and we landed.
I’ve been in six car accidents – none of them while I was driving.
On a plane with Meryl Streep in 1984: the engines blew and we had to make an emergency landing.
After the war, when I was about nine, we were held up in our home. The robbers grabbed my father and had a gun at his throat. It was terrifying. My mother got a wad of money and gave it to the people, and they ran away.
Realising what I wanted to do as a career – aged about 22.
My rational brain doing battle with my emotional brain.
Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.
Comforting, uplifting, all consuming.
Frequently, especially now with what’s happening in the Middle East.
My ex-wife, for the way I behaved towards the end of our marriage.
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