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BARRY WHITWAM
I love my mother and father most of all, for two reasons: a. They are very happy; b. They are very kind to other people around them.
England is the country I love the most because I know my way all over it and I will never get lost. Secondly, I love the people in the north of England. The countryside is out of this world.
I love to drive my car everywhere very fast - and to drive all through the night. Also, I like to keep my car looking very clean.
I love to eat curry with chop sticks. I went to Japan and picked up the hang of using them.
Television is another thing I love. I could watch TV for the rest of my life. Well, almost.
I love buying new shoes. I buy mostly black shoes or boots. I have about 100 pairs!
I love watching girls in the street as they walk by, some of them looking in shop windows and others talking about the boys they went out with last night - or (better yet)flirting.
I love to sail boats. I just got a 16-foot sailboat, and every Sunday, if we are not working, I go sailing with Karl and some of our friends.
Some days I like to go for long walks in the hills near my home. On a very clear day, I can see about 20 miles all around. It is beautiful and exhilarating.
I like to read those comics called Batman (and his good friend Robin). Superman, which I think is very funny.
Yes, I would say reading the Batman comics keeps me going - apart from 16, of course!
DEREK "LEK" LECKENBY
I love walking in the rain. This must seem peculiar, but it's quite true. I often get padded up in a hat and go for a stroll when it's drizzling. This is one way I can think straight, and I usually sort out everything in my mind when its raining - especially when it's night-time,too.
I love visiting different countries. Wherever we go on tour, I always go out with my camera and take shots of all sorts of things. I have a huge collection of photographs at home ranging from the Statue of Liberty to a picture of a Japanese woman working on the roads in Tokyo.
I love beds. Yes, you know - those things you sleep in. I think that the person who invented the bed should be given a medal or something. When I'm in bed, I can forget all about any problems that may be worrying me - or maybe even dream up some new ones! Can you imagine what a house would be like without a bed in it? Uggh!
Reading is another of my big loves. Reading helps to broaden one's outlook on life - and also one's vocabulary and speech. It can also help one to relax. I read every kind of book from comics to the Bible, depending on the mood I'm in. I always read 16 from cover to cover!
I love recording. This is the one part of my work that I enjoy the most, because in the recording studio you have to give yourself entirely to the particular song and concentrate like mad. Only when the final
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take has been approved by everybody can you relax.
Horseback riding is my favorite sport, though I usually end up stiff and sore all over. This is because I can't ride properly as yet. In fact, it takes all my time staying in the saddle. One day, when I have a bit more spare time,I am going to have my own horse and maybe I'll learn to ride without waking up the next morning with a backache.
KEITH HOPWOOD
I love reminiscing. It only takes one person to say, "Do you remember when - ?" and I can reminisce for hours and hours. Whenever I meet any old friends that I haven't seen for years, all we ever talk about is "old times."
I love collecting. Anything. I collect matchboxes, records, clothes. I have about 2050 albums and hundreds of matchboxes. I also collect weird masks or ornaments, a lot of which I bought when we visited Japan and other Eastern countries.
Although I hate walking through crowded city streets, I love walking through a city in the middle of the night, when it is deserted and quiet, and everybody else is in bed.
I love traveling and seeing new places and people every few months. Touring varies so much from country to country, and one thing 1 have always wanted to do is to see the world. Another thing I love about traveling is going home, which I think is the greatest place in
the world.
I love recording, and everything about it. The whole atmosphere, as a number is worked on in the studio and finally pieced together, is so very exciting and creative.
I love crawling into bed when I'm tired, but only if I'm absolutely worn out. I also love enormous beds that you can get lost in and sleep in a different corner every night.
KARL GREEN
I love sailing my boat, because it gives me time to relax and to be alone with a few friends. Sometimes I go out for a few days and I live out in the middle of a lake.
Being on tour, both in Britain and the United States, is another thing I love. I meet new people and have a good time with old friends, and I get a chance sometimes to quietly meet fans.
I have had a mania for eating with chop sticks ever since we went to Japan. My mother has been making me Japanese food, and I love to sit on the floor and eat it Japanese style.
As most people already know, I have had a yearning to be a cowboy ever since I can remember. Western films have been my tops in movie entertainment, and I hope one day to own my own ranch in the States.
Skin diving has been one of my most thrilling hobbies for years. Again, it is a retreat from the hectic life we lead, and gives me a chance to unwind and refresh myself for a further few months of work. I love anything athletic, because it seems to relax me.
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