The first song I remember hearing
Space Oddity by David Bowie, in our flat in Belsize Park in north London, as a kid. My parents played a lot of music. They were real hippies, bohemians. They’d listen to David Bowie and I’d listen to musicals like West Side Story.
The first single I bought
I had a little record player in my room, and I remember putting on a Beatles seven-inch that had Penny Lane on one side and Strawberry Fields Forever on the other. My mum used to work at Camden Market. I probably picked it up from there or from a jumble sale.
