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I am not studious enough. I get easily distracted.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2022 source ↗
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Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
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That I have no patience.
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I had to ask people about this, because I couldn’t think of anything, and the consensus seems to be: a general lack of self-awareness.
Obsequiousness.
I’m a bit of a hoarder.
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A saxophone for £8,000.
We were doing a tour in Japan and as our plane landed, it rose again, out of the blue. About 10 years later there was this programme about 10 of the nearest misses, and it was my flight. There was another plane on the runway and we nearly landed on top of it. I didn’t know until 10 years later.
When I realised that I could be a musician. I was 16.
I would have spent more time practising and got a proper lawyer to sort out my first album contract.
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