I think the U.K. is too small to write about from within it and still make it seem foreign and exotic and interesting.
“The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways.”
“But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party.”