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Ive got very curly hair. i decided to straighten my hair, dont know why. and id lost a bit of weight and ijust thought, ijust had this sense that maybe this show i was doing, which at the time was called dark side, might be a bit of a chance. and so i thought... ive always had a fairly pragmatic attitude to this. im not someone who thinks, "well, im an artist, they will come "because im brilliant. " im like, "how do i make something "that people are just going to really enjoy? "like, how do i en...

And he was the firstjourno to kind of do the sneer, that, of course, comes whenever anyone gets any popularity. theres got to be an equal and opposite reaction. and he wrote in the guardian, which was the paper i read and which had, what, in 2005, five million readers. it was pretty big because it was before it alljumped off the page and he wrote this just utterly sneering review, one—star review, really snobby in that sort of guardian way, like, quoting shakespeare. i was like, "how dare you ...

On fire, phil # ding, dang, dong, ive written you this special song # to show how far ive come along # in my efforts to be more mature in the face # of negative feedback.# which really is a song about me not being able to take criticism. it is a complete mickey—take of my own insecurity, but on the way to pointing a spotlight on the fact that im pathetic about not being able to take that criticism... because its quite extreme. its very, very extreme. it talks about tearing pieces of his face m...

You love catches on fire, phil # ding, dang, dong, ive written you this special song # to show how far ive come along # in my efforts to be more mature in the face # of negative feedback. which really is a song about me not being able to take criticism. it is a complete mickey—take of my own insecurity, but on the way to pointing a spotlight on the fact that im pathetic about not being able to take that criticism... because its quite extreme. its very, very extreme. it talks about tearing piec...

And opposite reaction. and he wrote in the guardian, which was the paper i read and which had, what, in 2005, five million readers? it was pretty big because it was before it alljumped off the page, and he wrote this just utterly sneering review, one—star review, really snobby in that sort of guardian way, like, quoting shakespeare. i was like, "how dare you quote shakespeare at me? ill quote shakespeare at you!" and just incredibly sneering and ungenerous, a thing thatjust says im terrible at...

Childhood is that in my house, from a very young age, was my great—grandmothers pianola, which some people call a pedal piano, and a lot of people had pedal pianos and inherited them, but mostly, they sat there gathering dust. but my mum retained ours and got it, kept it working because we had this collection of something like 300 or 400 pianola rolls, scrolls, and so that was played a lot. and so i grew up listening to all these old pre—war songs like, you know, funiculi, funicula and all t...

Pianos and inherited them, but mostly, they sat there gathering dust. but my mum retained ours and kept it working because we had this collection of something like 300 or 400 pianola rolls, scrolls, and so that was played a lot. and so i grew up listening to all these old pre—war songs like, you know, funiculi, funicula and all these weird songs and then, you know, sound of music and oliver! and all those musicals were on pianola rolls. i mean, it feels like a completely different generation. ...