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- I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's…
- The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive, they seem quite boring actually.…
- I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person.
- In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.
- I'd never really wanted to have a really 'private' life before. But when somebody starts delving into it and printing details through the tabloids for…
- I've stuck to the same things for twenty years. I try to look like a slightly edgy geography teacher. Like what a geography teacher looked…
- Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able…
- I recently spent quite a bit of time in Sheffield, England, which is where I'm from. I wouldn't move back there, but it's funny when…
- As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't actually have to…
- It’s interesting that most gadgets are called ‘iPhone’ and ‘iPod,’ with that ‘i’ prefix, which is ego. But most creativity is not ego-led – a…
- I think life is more interesting when everybody's jumbled up together. When people separate out into cliques and things, it's okay, but it's a bit…
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