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Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd – the greatest guitar solo ever.
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Julie Delpy
French actress and filmmaker
Just In Time, by Nina Simone.
Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen from A Star Is Born or You’ll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
Sadie Frost
English actress, producer, film director and fashion designer
Come Together, by The Beatles.
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
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When I started getting to grips with playing the guitar, aged 11.
My dad, for providing for the family for 20 years – he was a wine merchant and recently retired.
My left foot. (I’m great with my right – I can bend it like Beckham.)
My girlfriend. I am away a lot and, as much as she understands, I’d like to say sorry for not being there.
Everything in my head.
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