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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 241832" data-attributes="member: 33">49. What advice would you give your 13 year old self? [USER=21]@Barbara Fan[/USER]I think the best advice is summed up by the Linda Creed lyrics in the The Greatest Love of All, and that is &quot;learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all&quot;. I didn&#039;t like myself very much when I was 13 because I was painfully shy which stopped me from doing so many things. Looking back, I was actually quite a nice guy but I judged myself purely on my inability to feel comfortable in social situations instead of focussing at all the things I was good at. So I would tell my 13 year old self not to worry about how other people see me, just do you best, be a good person and get out there and enjoy yourself.50. What is the best concert you have ever been to ? [USER=21]@Barbara Fan[/USER] Probably Lady Gaga at the O2 in 2011 as part of her Monster Ball Tour. I wasn&#039;t a massive fan of hers at the time but I really like her album The Fame Monster and on the strength of that I bought tickets for the concert. I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever seen a performer so multitalented (singing live, dancing energetically, and playing the piano). How she effortlessly switched from doing a loud bombastic fast tempo number to a slow, quiet emotionally charged song was incredible. The staging was amazing and she performed for a long time. She completely blew me away that night.51. And who would you like to have seen but never had the opportunity or they have passed away? [USER=21]@Barbara Fan[/USER] I&#039;m not a massive jazz fan but I would say Ella Fitzgerald. The way she interpreted songs was second to none. She could make a hackneyed old song that was covered numerous times sound completely new and original. She didn&#039;t need lyrics and often would improvise and make stuff up on the spot so every concert she gave was unique and to see that live would be very special.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 241832, member: 33"] [B]49. What advice would you give your 13 year old self?[/B] [USER=21]@Barbara Fan[/USER] I think the best advice is summed up by the Linda Creed lyrics in the [I]The Greatest Love of All, [/I]and that is "learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all". I didn't like myself very much when I was 13 because I was painfully shy which stopped me from doing so many things. Looking back, I was actually quite a nice guy but I judged myself purely on my inability to feel comfortable in social situations instead of focussing at all the things I was good at. So I would tell my 13 year old self not to worry about how other people see me, just do you best, be a good person and get out there and enjoy yourself. [B]50. What is the best concert you have ever been to ?[/B] [USER=21]@Barbara Fan[/USER] Probably Lady Gaga at the O2 in 2011 as part of her [I]Monster Ball Tour[/I]. I wasn't a massive fan of hers at the time but I really like her album [I]The Fame Monster[/I] and on the strength of that I bought tickets for the concert. I don't think I've ever seen a performer so multitalented (singing live, dancing energetically, and playing the piano). How she effortlessly switched from doing a loud bombastic fast tempo number to a slow, quiet emotionally charged song was incredible. The staging was amazing and she performed for a long time. She completely blew me away that night. [B]51. And who would you like to have seen but never had the opportunity or they have passed away?[/B] [USER=21]@Barbara Fan[/USER] I'm not a massive jazz fan but I would say Ella Fitzgerald. The way she interpreted songs was second to none. She could make a hackneyed old song that was covered numerous times sound completely new and original. She didn't need lyrics and often would improvise and make stuff up on the spot so every concert she gave was unique and to see that live would be very special. [/QUOTE]

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