Ed Harris
American actor and director
Mr Tambourine Man.
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Pyramid Song, by Radiohead, live.
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Gavin Rossdale
British musician
Sid Vicious doing My Way.
Ed O'Brien
Guitarist
I sang in Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in a choir as a kid. The final movement, In Paradisum, is one of the most beautiful, seemingly simple pieces of music. So I’ll have that, please.
Kelly Macdonald
Scottish actress
Joe Brown singing I'll See You In My Dreams.
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I won a local art competition aged 10 – the first time I’d won anything.
Teachers at my school, for being such a smartarse.
Last year, driving in California, I found myself on the wrong side of the road. I was 30 seconds away from hitting two cars coming the other way.
Foxes making love: it’s a very unsettling sound.
The floral waistcoat and shocking-pink shirt combo I wore on my 21st.
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