Ronnie Wood
English rock musician
An artist travelling and playing with the Stones.
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I wanted to be in the army or a spy in the intelligence service.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
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View profile →Discipline. Also to have a goal, however small and whatever it may be.
My children obviously, but also my work.
Gossip and backstabbing.
Poetry. I start getting into a float state, and write stanzas and couplets in the middle of the night.
I am often happiest on a shoot with David LaChapelle, being pushed to the extremes – either suspended from a harness or immersed in a tank of water. He calls it “extreme modelling”.
As a force for good and a champion of the underdog.
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