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A travel agent, so I could see the world.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗
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As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
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Luke Skywalker, for a time. After that, I mainly wanted to have a girlfriend one day.
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A barrister or a pop star.
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I wouldn’t take back the drugs, but there are a few boyfriends that I’d edit out of my life.
To stay in the moment and live each day to the maximum. You never know when it’s going to be taken away.
On stage in Tasmania, I tripped over a floor monitor and landed on my back like a turtle, kicking my legs in the air trying to get back on my feet in front of about 5,000 people. But when I got on my feet, the whole crowd roared in triumph.
“You sing like a goat.” When I did my French album [Voila], this French woman – a supposed friend – said to my face: “It’s fantastic but, how come you sound like a chèvre?” It was like someone had hit me in the stomach.
Having a career that’s lasted 47 years, especially when I felt like an impostor for so many of them.
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