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My collection of paintings. I have some by William Burroughs.
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Jake Shears
Singer and songwriter; co-lead vocalist of Scissor Sisters
A Henry Darger painting. Sadly, I lost it in the divorce, but it was a great parting gift.
Terry O'Neill
British photographer
A Rolex; I’m not a big spender.
Val McDermid
Scottish crime novel writer
A BMW 6 series convertible. It was smashing.
Shane MacGowan
Irish singer-songwriter
I had this idiotic manager for a while who got me an Armani suit and then got the money off me.
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View profile →An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
Relapsing. I usually spend eight, nine, 10 months sober, then I’ll spend a day relapsing and I get disappointed. But it never lasts too long. I get back up and try again.
Two days as a labourer in my 15th summer.
As a complex and brilliant man.
I’ve been in six car accidents – none of them while I was driving.
Wanting to be better: a better actor, a better father.
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