Yusuf Islam: If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

The question

If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Yusuf Islam

British musician

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

The respelling of my name to Joseph.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 November 2014 source ↗

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Ralf Little English actor, writer, former semi-professional footballer

I wouldn’t have tried to break up a fight when I was 17.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

Felicity Jones British actress

I wouldn’t change anything. Life is what it is, you just have to get on with it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2023 source ↗

Ronnie O'Sullivan English snooker player

I would go back to when I was 14 and keep to my own style of playing snooker. I was perfect, but I didn’t think I was, so I started playing like everybody else and created bad habits. With a little more time, I could have been the ultimate player. I look at my career and I probably got 75% out of it instead of 100%.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2023 source ↗

Tracy-Ann Oberman Actor and writer