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Being a decent person.
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Michael Stipe
American singer
Deciding what I wanted to do at 15 and, against all odds, doing it.
Kate Nash
British musician
Surviving the music industry. I think it’s been responsible for killing a lot of musicians. Lots of us have mental health issues, and drink and drug problems, and the industry doesn’t really care.
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
Being able to communicate with people all over the world through my music.
Bryn Terfel
Welsh bass-baritone singer
I loved my 1 minute 40 seconds singing at the coronation of King Charles. I was the most nervous I’ve been.
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I’d change my mindset and not be so hard on myself, and impart the knowledge that other people’s intentions aren’t always as well-meaning as my own.
An actor – that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. I went to stage school when I was 13.
Scraping plates in a fish and chip cafe in Whitby.
I was in a car crash when I was 16, and I have a little scar on my face from smashing the passenger window with my head. If the car had rolled, I would have been dead.
On my wedding day in Oxfordshire, six years ago.
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