The people I hurt when I was suffering with addiction to alcohol and cocaine.
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To Sophie, for not being a better parent.
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Tracey Ullman
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I did a crap impersonation of JK Rowling a few years ago. Sorry, JK. Can this apology put me on a casting list for your next mega-franchise?
Ronnie Wood
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I don’t really owe anybody any apologies.
To people who I’ve made a really quick joke about on stage and hurt.
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As having been loving and fun.
A blurred, warm state of total acceptance and joy.
A mum, an airline stewardess or an artist.
A trip to a Macedonian refugee camp that I switched out of, to go at a later date. Those who took my place were killed in a horrific car accident.
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