Last week, because of an ear infection: I cried my eyes out when they put a big injection into my arse.
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Róisín Murphy
b. 1973
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Born in Arklow, Ireland, Róisín Murphy, 50, formed Moloko with Mark Brydon in 1994 and had hits with Sing It Back and The Time Is Now. She released her debut solo album Ruby Blue in 2005, followed by Overpowered in 2007. Her third, Hairless Toys, was nominated for the 2015 Mercury prize. Her sixth solo album is Hit Parade. She lives in Ibiza with her husband and has two children.
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My problem with clothes. I’ve got an issue, haven’t I? I’m not a fella in a band who can turn up in his T-shirt and jeans. I’ve got the whole drama of what I’m going to wear: the hair, the makeup. All that preening and pruning that adds to the stress. I have begun to hate that perfectionist in me.
I recently had a dramatic fall on stage in Hungary. It was a massive stage – I was miles away from the audience – and I didn’t expect there to be two monitors in the middle of it. I went completely arse over tit and landed on my chin. First, I felt shock, pain, embarrassment, and then I felt lucky that I didn’t break any teeth or bite through my tongue. I asked for an ice pack for my chin, got up and finished the set.
My car. I don’t even drive, but I bought a Toyota hybrid for my assistant.
The fact that I smoke.
When I was a teenager, I worked in a vegetable shop on Saturdays, and the guy had a rotation of 10 pretty teenagers working for him and was really sleazy. I only went twice because the second time he made me go up to his flat above the shop and clean his toilet, and he was watching me.
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