Liz Jones
British journalist
Heartbeats, by Jose González.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
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What is the worst job you have done?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.
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Laura Mvula
English singer
To Be Young, Gifted And Black, by Nina Simone.
Ethan Hawke
Actor, director and novelist
Townes Van Zandt’s To Live Is To Fly.
Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
Dylan’s I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.
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View profile →Right after 9/11, Kenny and I went to perform for the troops in Pakistan and Uzbekistan. As we were flying in, an electronic voice went off: “Warning: missile launch! Warning: missile launch!” The Taliban had fired a rocket at us. I was waiting to see the back of the plane blow up, but it didn’t and we landed.
I had a cafeteria job, serving food, and some people were really nasty. There was a stack of nice, cool plates, and a stack of hotter plates that had just come out of the kitchen. So, if a person was an arsehole, I’d hand them a hot plate with a smile and watch them deal with it.
My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.
An astronaut, an archaeologist, an actor, and a musician.
I don’t think I’d change anything: the bad forms you more than the good.
My buddy Kenny Laguna. He’s a person of extraordinary character, he’s intelligent, and a very good friend.
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