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The Best Thing You Can Give Someone Is The Freedom To Make Their Own Mind Up - And Then, If It's Not Working Out 5 Years Later, You Can Give Your Opinion.

I Love The Beatles. I Haven't Named Any Kids After Them But I Still Really Love Them. They Were The First Group That I Was Ever Properly Aware Of. In My Early Teens I Would Sometimes Stay In And Listen To The Radio All Day In The Hope That I Would Catch A Song By Them That I'd Never Heard Before And Be Able To Tape It On My Radio-cassette Player.

For Tv You Also Get Those Pre-interviews When Researchers Ask You What You're Going To Say. The Pre-interview Drives Me Insane. If They've Already Decided The Outcome, Why Don't I Just Hand In An Essay? Maybe If We Talk We'll Find Something Out. I'd Rather Just Have An Awkward Pause.

I'm Sure Sting's A Lovely Guy. It's Just That Nobody Wants To Be Seen As That Holier-than-thou Thing. That Over-earnestness Is A Bit Of A Problem With People In Bands And Celebrities Or Whatever.

A Conservative Government Is Necessary. There Is No Credible Alternative.