MK
Nothing. Everything happens for a reason.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2019 source ↗
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If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?Originally asked
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Marie Kondo
Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host
I don’t have anything that I want to change. I’m sure I did in the past but I can’t recall, which means it wasn’t that big a deal.
Adwoa Aboah
British fashion model
Nothing. Everything’s got me to this point and I had to learn lots of things. Maybe I just wouldn’t have been so terrified all the time and I would have got up a bit earlier – I missed quite a few mornings.
Beverley Knight
Singer and stage actor
Some of the neuroses of my 20s. I knew I had a great talent, but I thought it was unmarketable because I felt ugly.
Joan Jett
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
I don’t think I’d change anything: the bad forms you more than the good.
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A 1962 Fender Stratocaster guitar I bought in 2014 for £10,000.
If I think my family’s not safe. And if I have a good idea musically: sometimes I can’t sleep out of excitement.
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