Peter Gabriel
English musician
A 48-hour day and the wisdom not to fill it.
What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
If it took less than 14 hours to fly to New Zealand, that would be great. A super-duper-fast plane would be cool.
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Leeds United signing a decent striker.
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To have sex three times a week. But who’s counting?
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To move like I did in my early 20s. I’ve had knee and hip surgery, and my toe joint fused since.
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My husband and I own some art, but we are not huge spenders.
I already had a career when I was growing up.
I hope that’s yet to come. My Oscar? That was a combination of Holly Hunter being an amazing actress, Jane being an extraordinary director and me being in the right place at the right time. I had no idea what I was doing. It’s given me this amazing life, but it’s not the highlight of my career.
I don’t have a favourite song, but I will definitely give it some thought, so no one’s arguing about it when I die.
I am really loving the badass co-captain of the US soccer team, Megan Rapinoe. She is exceptionally hard-working and talented, and stands up for what she believes.
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