Fatboy Slim has revealed that he once almost gave up music in order to become a firefighter.The DJ – real name Norman Cook – says he remains a “wannabe fireman” but that he’s now too old to switch careers.During a speech at an event hosted by the Fire Fighters Charity (via PA), he said: “I have been in the music business pretty much all my life but there have been ups and downs and there was one particular down where everyone around was like, ‘You are going to have to actually get a proper job now because you are skint’.“I thought about what job I would like to do and for some reason fireman just… I don’t know.
I just had this vision that I wanted to be a fireman.”Picking out similarities between the two careers, he added: “You sit around.
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