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Tracey Emin: Full talk
In a raw and honest interview, Tracey Emin explains just how important her art is to her: it is therapy. Interviewed at the Hay Festival by Dylan Jones, Emin covers growing up, early success, her hedonistic past, becoming friends with David Bowie and, now that she is in her fifties, her determination that her energy must go into one thing: her art.
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