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I'd sometimes do 50, 60 takes of song.

I can be unbearable sometimes asking for so many takes.

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

As long as I give the best performance I can give, I know I can't do any more.

Over the years I have been kind of lazy, thinking my talent alone can do it.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

I want to do new things, and I want to do more 200s than 100s.

It depends who the director is you know, I mean Ken Loach for instance. I've done up to 32 takes with him.

I'm very competitive; it's not enough just to have a few number ones. I want to have 200.