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This postcard comes from the musician George Michael from an interview with Kirsty Young recorded in 2007.

George told Kirsty about how an accident played a pivotal role in his love of music.

Something strange happened.

The age of about eight, I had a head injury.

And I know it sounds bizarre and unlikely, but it was quite a bad bang. I had it stitched up and stuff, but all my interest changed. Everything changed in six months. I had been obsessed with insects and creepy

crawlies. I used to get up at five o'clock in the morning and go out into this field behind our

garden and collect insects before everyone else got up.

And suddenly all I wanted to know about was music.

It just seemed a very, very strange thing.

And I have a theory that maybe it was something to do with this accident

because they had this whole left brain, right brain thing.

Nobody in my family seemed to notice.

But I became absolutely obsessed with music and everything changed after that.

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