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My son playing drum’n’bass.
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What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
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My wife cleaning.
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Creating. When everyone goes to bed and then you have six or seven hours to create peacefully. I’ve become nocturnal. Even on a night when I am not in the studio, I still won’t go to sleep till six in the morning.
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My phone and social media.
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The failed attempt at a home perm on myself in the 80s. I wanted to look like Kelly McGillis in Top Gun.
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I only ever wanted to be Barbra Streisand. I probably still do.
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