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" I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from going out clubbing. I wanted to get the same kind of feel. "
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Same
Up
Always
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" Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better. "
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" When I left school at 16, I became an apprentice television and radio technician, and was paid £17 a week, which was decent money in 1976. But the job turned sour when I gave myself an electric shock while repairing a television set. "
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" Rebellion is always going to fascinate, as it's always packaged in a very safe way. "
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Always
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Pure
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Kind
Nobody