Sinéad O'Connor
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When I am performing, and when my kids make musical mayhem.
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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When Molde won the Norwegian premier league in 2011, the year the club was 100 years old.
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Richard Branson
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The births of my kids and my wedding spring to mind.
Douglas Stuart
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The summer of 1997. My husband, who is an American, gave up everything to come and live with me in Edinburgh when we were students, and we were so skint but we had so much fun.
Bobby Womack
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When I was just singing with my brothers in our house. I was hoping I could become a success to give my mother and my father a better way of living.
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