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I would have stopped making records after They Don’t Know.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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The respelling of my name to Joseph.
My penchant for having just one too many.
The years of self-doubt.
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Not getting older at each birthday, but I appreciate it beats the alternative.
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When I met my husband and had babies. They have made me happy ever since.
On a plane with Meryl Streep in 1984: the engines blew and we had to make an emergency landing.
The End by the Beatles.
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