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When I realised I wasn’t going to make it as a singer-songwriter when I was about 25.
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View all 367 →Being absent from my son’s life when I’m at work.
Not joining the circus.
I started my career not getting jobs, but then you learn that 95% of this job is not getting jobs, and you just have to make peace with it.
Without naming names, some people I’ve put a lot of faith and trust and love into.
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Any song by Donny Hathaway.
When my mother was alive. She passed away 14 years ago.
To anyone I’ve hurt unintentionally.
A family holiday – anywhere the kids demand. Last year, I wanted us all to go to Egypt and my daughter said, “No, we’re going to go to Grenada.” So we did.
As someone who cared about others.
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