EL James
British author
Adagio from Concerto No 3 in D Minor BWV 974, played by James Rhodes.
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I'd like to write my funeral song.
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Dan Stevens
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Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
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Don't Worry, Be Happy.
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Right now, Get Lucky. I'm sure this will change.
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View profile →I'd have not sung along with Yellow Submarine in that infant school hall.
My microphone cost me six grand.
I would obviously be in a good place chemically, the synapses would be content. I would play with my kids. I don’t think I would have time to watch anything by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman would suddenly feel like not that good a director if I only had a few hours.
That I might have to do a normal job.
People who judge other people's actions on their own thought process.
To my dad for not making it back to Birmingham to see him while I was in London doing The Streets.
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