I was 18 when I first visited London, I'm very provincial like that, but I must confess the moment I got to America I thought: This is the place. It was more open, with 24-hour cities and pubs and restaurants that didn't close.
West Yorkshire is quite dramatic and beautiful, the crags and things.
Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.
As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.
There are enough no smoking places now.
Britain is a very small country with a very large press.