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I already had a career when I was growing up.
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A comedian, and I may have achieved that.
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Clive Myrie
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A tennis player.
A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.
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I was fidgety and clueless for a long time.
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As someone who added to a situation rather than took away from it.
When I was drinking, there were many times when I was out for the night and didn’t come back for a week.
The best possible understanding of who they are and where they came from.
In 1992 I was in New York, and somebody showed me a work by Louise Bourgeois. I never realised that sculpture could move me, and I was so affected by this piece that I bought it. It was a lot of money.
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