The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
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I’ve been doing pilates for 25 years and I swear by it. I decided to kit out a room with pilates equipment – and I think it’s the most expensive thing I’ve invested in.
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A Feurich piano: one of the first things I bought when I could afford it.
Diamonds for my wife.
An Andy Warhol Polaroid of Debbie Harry.
All my clothes are secondhand, but I did buy a pair of new silver Vivienne Westwood shoes to get married in, which I still have.
“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.
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.
A travel agent, so I could see the world.
Pamela Anderson, because I love her strength and honesty and vulnerability at the same time.
To stay in the moment and live each day to the maximum. You never know when it’s going to be taken away.
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