Louis Smith
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, by Roberta Flack.
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Any song by Donny Hathaway.
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Nothing – I don’t like music. I want my funeral to be uncomfortably quiet.
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Something by Nick Drake.
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A Day In The Life by the Beatles.
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A family holiday – anywhere the kids demand. Last year, I wanted us all to go to Egypt and my daughter said, “No, we’re going to go to Grenada.” So we did.
When I realised I wasn’t going to make it as a singer-songwriter when I was about 25.
As someone who cared about others.
Doing the bins while working for McDonald’s in west Ealing.
To anyone I’ve hurt unintentionally.
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