Michael Kiwanuka: If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

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Michael Kiwanuka

English singer-songwriter

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Nothing. Everything happens for a reason.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2019 source ↗

Others on this question

My failures have taught me more than the successes, so not much.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 October 2015 source ↗

Sadiq Khan Mayor of London since 2016

I would have had more time with my dad before he passed away.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2016 source ↗

Paapa Essiedu British actor

I would really love to know my parents as an adult. I lost my dad when I was 14 and my mum when I was 20.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 November 2023 source ↗

Rita Ora British singer-songwriter

That I didn’t think I knew everything.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2015 source ↗

A 1962 Fender Stratocaster guitar I bought in 2014 for £10,000.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2019 source ↗

Being able to drive.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2019 source ↗

If I think my family’s not safe. And if I have a good idea musically: sometimes I can’t sleep out of excitement.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2019 source ↗

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