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‘I love the purity and courage of boxing. There’s something noble about it. I used to follow Nigel Benn round the country’

the temples of Vrindavan in India, then have a vegetable curry. Later, I’d see the definite bands Tame Impala and The Black Keys before sleeping in a hotel by the sea at Sète in the South of France.

The happiest moment you will cherish forever… I believe that you can choose article to feel good or bad, so I try to find moments of happiness in every day. We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly The saddest time that shook your probing questions – and only accept world… The earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011. I was profoundly THE definitive answer. This week: affected even though I don’t have a great personal connection with Japan. I felt like it was slipping into the ocean. The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde The unfulfilled ambition that continues The prized possession you value above The pet hate that makes to haunt you… I wish I’d learnt to paint. all others… My white Telecaster guitar, your hackles rise... But Van Gogh did all his work in his which I bought at the beginning of The Barbecues! I sit in my last ten years, so maybe there’s time! Pretenders in 1978. It’s in a lock-up some- garden in London in where, but I think I should get it out. summer and the air’s The philosophy that underpins your

filled with lovely smells The unlikely every factory farm, slaughterhouse and life… Stick to the plan. It’s not The biggest regret you wish you could rock’n’roll, but you get more done. like jasmine and then some interest that McDonald’s to the ground. I wouldn’t amend… Not spending more time with engages your care if I got caught. I’d hang for it! a****** starts grilling burgers. The order of service at your funeral… my parents. I left home in Akron, Ohio, curiosity... I love The song that means most to you… I I’m fine with a church funeral with a when I was 22 and never really went back. The film you can watch time and the purity and cour- Want To Hold Your Hand by The horse-drawn carriage, but let’s make My father died in 2010 and my mother time again… The Twilight Samurai age of boxing. There’s Beatles. I heard it on the radio when I them dapple grey, so it’s not too sombre! died three years later. from 2002. It’s about a man in search of something noble about it. was 12 and their sound woke me up. They can take me out to Willie Nelson’s honour and love. It’s very moving. The temptation you wish you could I used to follow Nigel Benn Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground. resist… I gave up smoking and I gener- The person who has influenced you around the country in the 90s. The way you would spend your fantasy I want to be buried in a cemetery in ally stay away from alcohol, but I proba- most… Lemmy from Motorhead. I met The treasured item you lost and wish 24 hours, with no travel restrictions… London – I love cemeteries! bly watch too much television. him in the 70s when things weren’t hap- you could have again… The guys from I’d wake up in a rundown hotel on pening for me. I tried to cry on his The way you want to be remembered… The book that holds an ever- The Pretenders that I lost to drug over- Copacabana beach in Rio. I’d have a shoulder, but he Memories hold you back. I’m happy to doses [Jimmy Honeyman-Scott, in 1982, piece of bread and a tankard of strong lasting resonance… fade away as people get on with living. P gave me a kick hoto Black Beauty by Anna and Pete Farndon, in 1983]. I wish they coffee before walking the length of the up the ass and were still here. beach, passing an apartment I once The Plug… Chrissie Hynde’s autobiog- g Sewell. I read it at 11 ca raphs: got me going. shared with the architect Oscar Niemey- raphy Reckless is out now, published and it started my love of The poem that touches your soul… To novels and horses. The figure from his- er and nod to his memory. I’d have a fro- by Ebury Press, £20. n JS by Tennyson. It’s about the loss of zen acai berry juice and then hang out As told to Rob McGibbon me

tory for whom you’d most rapr The priority activity if someone and I love how it deals with like to buy a pie and a pint… with musicians I know the eternal nature of death. e you were the Invisible ss/ju Vincent van Gogh. I’d sit with there, and then meditate Woman for a day… I’d him before he started painting The misapprehension about yourself on the rocks by Ipanema edg de wa t c h t h e d a n c e r so he could tell me what he sees. you wish you could erase… I’ve not read beach. Around lunch- i Michael Clark rehears- n

anything about myself for decades, so time, I’d go to producer to

ing. He’s a fascinating The piece of wisdom you would n I’m spared knowing what people think! Björn Yttling’s studio in , r

pass on to a child… Don’t worry e talent and I’ve always Stockholm and bash out x shutt The event that altered the course of had a crush on him. so much about what people some songs. In the after- your life and character… Going to see a think of you, consider how e

noon, I’d walk around rstoc gig by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit you feel about them. Queen Mary’s Garden

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Michael Clark. Above like a divine intervention in my life. ttyi right: boxing. Far right: the you on… To write a great song or do go for key lime pie at m

something great musically. I think I’ve The crime you would commit knowing Chiltern Firehouse. I’d a

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in Vrindavan, India had a lot more credit than I’m due. you could get away with it… I’d burn spend the evening in s Next week PS... l As Strictly returns, we meet Keira Knightley stars in adventure thriller Everest – in cinemas on the contenders hoping to sizzle l Friday. Mark Rylance plays the King of Spain in Farinelli And Bruce Forsyth tells of the loss of his brother in a moving extract The King at the Duke of York’s Theatre from Monday. And from his memoir l Monty Don shows you how to grow figs David Gilmour’s solo album Rattle That Lock is out Friday l PLUS Britain’s best TV guide

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