Nat King Cole – ‘Smile’“Most people perceive me to be the man that’s chewing the proverbial wasp, but the one thing I do when it really goes bad… I often smile in the worst situations.
Sometimes it’s a nervous thing, and sometimes it’s a conscious thing. I’ve often used this song at the worst moments – y’know, 18-hour patrols and your feet are hanging off; when you’re worried about being shot dead or blown up.
It sounds pathetic but it does work.”The Kinks – ‘Waterloo Sunset’“I went out to Afghanistan virtually every year from 2007 through to about 2012 [to film a TV show].
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