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Edwyn Collins: "I was too frightened to listen to music"
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Edwyn Collins: "I was too frightened to listen to music"

Hazel Irvine: "Kate Bush is wonderful – a genius"
Kate Bush onstage in London
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Hazel Irvine: "Kate Bush is wonderful – a genius"

Mark Hamill and Ray Davies: The Force is strong in Hornsey
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Mark Hamill and Ray Davies: The Force is strong in Hornsey

Jimmy Osmond: "Losing all our money was the best thing to ever happen to us"
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Jimmy Osmond: "Losing all our money was the best thing to ever happen to us"

Gene Simmons interview: "My mother saw her mother walk into the gas chambers"
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Gene Simmons interview: "My mother saw her mother walk into the gas chambers"

Mark Hamill interviews Dave Davies: 'How The Kinks feel the Force!'
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Mark Hamill interviews Dave Davies: 'How The Kinks feel the Force!'

Mark Hamill interviews Ray Davies: 'Luke, I am your modfather...'
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Mark Hamill interviews Ray Davies: 'Luke, I am your modfather...'

Cyndi Lauper: "I did crazy things to scare people"
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Cyndi Lauper: "I did crazy things to scare people"

Rufus Wainwright: "My dad was tremendously jealous of me"
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Rufus Wainwright: "My dad was tremendously jealous of me"

Sue Johnston: "I toured with The Rolling Stones. That was quite a week!"
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Sue Johnston: "I toured with The Rolling Stones. That was quite a week!"

Professor Green: Can we create a Utopia where we end youth homelessness?
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Professor Green: Can we create a Utopia where we end youth homelessness?

David Bowie: "I'm easygoing about death - it'll happen when it happens"
David Bowie
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David Bowie: "I'm easygoing about death - it'll happen when it happens"

Jools Holland: "I was always a bit of a show-off"
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Jools Holland: "I was always a bit of a show-off"

Rory Maclean: "Bowie wanted to initiate me in the ways of the city..."
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Rory Maclean: "Bowie wanted to initiate me in the ways of the city..."

Jamie Lawson: "It was a dream come true - and I thought I'd blown it"
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Jamie Lawson: "It was a dream come true - and I thought I'd blown it"

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Roger Waters: I’m happier when it’s accepted that I’m the leader of the band
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Roger Waters: I’m happier when it’s accepted that I’m the leader of the band

Anastacia: "Getting breast cancer was a great irony..."
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Anastacia: "Getting breast cancer was a great irony..."

Paul Heaton: I saw the crunch point coming for the golden age of crisps
Paul Heaton
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Paul Heaton: I saw the crunch point coming for the golden age of crisps

50 Cent interview: "My grandmother was the love of my life"
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50 Cent interview: "My grandmother was the love of my life"