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That all the cliches about people in the music industry are true.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Getting arrested in New York and discovering how lacking in morality US law enforcers are. Being handcuffed to a metal trolley in Bellevue Hospital because I cut my foot while being dragged from a police car, and listening to nurses chatting about hair products as I screamed for something to stop me hallucinating.
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The distribution of Copying Beethoven in the US.
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Romantic love – what a con. (I do still believe in it.)
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View profile →I had heart surgery when I was 17. The other time was when I fell off my piano. My head was an inch away from a metal step.
My mum, because she’s been a nurse for over 40 years. She works in a hospice, and there’s no bullshit with her.
Everyone I ever met in 2007, because I was definitely about two hours late.
Surviving the music industry. I think it’s been responsible for killing a lot of musicians. Lots of us have mental health issues, and drink and drug problems, and the industry doesn’t really care.
British summers give me a really happy feeling. My bedroom at our family home in Harrow looks out on to our garden and a cricket field, and you just know when it’s the first day of summer.
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