At my divorce – with good reason.
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View all 193 →I have to say I am an easy sob. I don’t mind, because there’s no harm in having a big man cry.
I put out a song called Monsters on my last album, about my father’s illness – he had stage four chronic kidney disease – and a handful of people offered him a new kidney. People’s kindness really touched me.
I play Classic FM in the car – emotional music brings me to tears thinking about people I’ve loved and lost.
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View profile →Wimbledon champion. I won the title frequently when playing against a pebbledash wall at home in Ireland.
Rats scurrying in the roof. I won the last war but it’s only a matter of time.
When I turned 30, married and had a place in Brixton. My flailing twenties were over, though the flailing continues.
Unqualified. Also, there’s that strange moment when you’re listening to lyrics on Radio 2 and you think, “Ooh, that’s so deep”.
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