Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
Dylan’s I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.
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Townes Van Zandt’s To Live Is To Fly.
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Julien Macdonald
Welsh fashion designer
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
Kelsey Grammer
American actor
I would borrow from Peter Sellers: Glenn Miller’s In The Mood.
Sam Neill
New Zealand actor
I Will Remember You, by Sarah McLachlan. That’ll choke the bastards up if nothing else will.
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View profile →I love being a father. I think there’s a great lie that we tell kids that pleasure creates happiness. Young people think: “Oh, if I get this, I’ll be happy.” But in a lot of ways it’s meeting your responsibilities that makes you happy. For me, I’ve just found that feeling like I’ve done a good job with the kids is a real source of happiness for me.
Mike Leigh: his work is important.
Now. It would be corny if I say why.
Worrying about my kids.
Words like achievement make me want to puke.
Too many things to mention.
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