I went to Salford Tech. They did a two-year performing arts course. I went there singing and dancing - I had a terrible time. I turned up in green dungarees and German power boots. I was into prog rock at the time - Gong and Hawkwind - and I was clumping around.
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We take things at face value, don't we? You form an opinion about something immediately, but you ought to step back a bit. Take in the vista first.
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We still have an underclass in this country who are constantly ignored and vilified.
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