Jean Paul Gaultier
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David Bowie's Fashion.
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Something by Nick Drake.
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A hymn called The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended.
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Glenn Miller's A String Of Pearls.
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Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads. When I first heard it at 15, it was different to all the punk I was listening to. When I was starting out in my career, it was all about: ‘How is this possible? How am I doing this?’ Now it’s: ‘Is this my life? How did I get here?’ The lyrics are all about returning full to nature. That’s how I imagine death to be. So that’s what I want at my funeral. And they’ll play Combine Harvester by the Wurzels as people are leaving the church.
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The birth of my first child, July 4 2002.
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My wedding. It was at Skibo Castle long before Madonna or any of those people went there.
Becoming an actor at all, considering my background.
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