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ASK CLIVE NOLAN
Clive Nolan - February 2002


What is your earliest memory?
Hiding behind the sofa listening to 'Peter and the Wolf'.

What is your biggest sin?
Not reaching more people with the music I write....

What's the latest thing that really pissed you off?
People (mainly distributors) owing us money.... Pretty much a constant
thing!

I'd rather die than...
Go senile…

If you could change 1 thing about your looks, it would be...
How everyone else sees me...

What's the latest thing you've bought?
A DVD box set of Hitchcock films...

Compare yourself to a fruit.
Mango... not much to look at, but a shit load of flavours going on inside.

Which recent phone conversation do you remember most?
I don't tend to get any 'memorable' phone calls... but then, I have a
terrible memory.

What's your most odd habit?
I lean towards Obsessive Compulsive... for example, all relevant curtains in
the house have to be completely shut before I can sleep....

If you were the last person on the earth, then…
You damn fools... you finally did it!!

Clinton or Bush?
Clinton by a mile. Bush will be a big mistake...

What's the latest book you've read?
Timeline, by Michael Crichton.

Who's lying next to you when you wake up?
I prefer the truth at that stage in the day...

Today or tomorrow?
Yesterday.

What music do you want them to play on your funeral?
Some Beethoven, some Elgar [British classical composer Edward Elgar - eds.] ... and some Monty Python.