Joan Jett
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
I don’t think I’d change anything: the bad forms you more than the good.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I would get therapy in my early 20s.
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Courtney Pine
British jazz musician
I would have spent more time practising and got a proper lawyer to sort out my first album contract.
Nothing at all.
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My late 20s, writing my third record.
A year ago. My understanding of what love is has changed immensely since.
As fun and of help to others.
None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.
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