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The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 January 2025 source ↗
Going to pieces while meeting John Squire, the lead guitarist of the Stone Roses, backstage after a gig. I completely lost the ability to speak. I told him I had the same guitars as he’d just used on stage, and when he asked me which ones, the words completely went out of my head and there was a huge pause, and then his wife tapped his shoulder and he wandered off.
See my greatest fear!
Falling flat on my face in Billy Elliot on Boxing Day when I was 14. I fell smack bang at the end of my number. I was mortified.
In my early days of transitioning, I used to come to London and meet for a drink with a group going through the same thing. I used to wear a full wig, and one night I’d drunk too much and fell asleep on the train, and my wig slipped off.
I like you but I wish you looked more like David Beckham.
Big dick energy.
As a nice human being who gave a shit.
Now. Five years ago, I started looking after myself a bit more, emotionally and spiritually, and it’s paid dividends.
Dying when my children are still young. I know how much it hurt me. I was 30 when my mum died and 39 when my dad died, and even then, that was too young.
The Mona Lisa – I preferred the frame.
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