Samantha Barks When I was a 7-year-old girl, in my bedroom, on my karaoke machine, I would sing ‘On My Own’ or do a one-woman version of ‘Les Miserables.’ – Samantha Barks
Rory O'Malley I loved ‘Les Miz’ and ‘Into the Woods’ – I used to cast ‘Into the Woods’ with my friends, even if they’d never stepped on stage before. – Rory O’Malley
Rory Gallagher The best slide guitar, unless you’re playing the Muddy Waters-style, is the old ’52 Goldtop Les Paul. – Rory Gallagher
Rory Bremner I can’t look at John Prescott without thinking of Les Dawson, and Robin Cook is a caricature of himself. – Rory Bremner
Roger Allam Lots of people are astounded that I was in the first cast of ‘Les Miserables.’ Possibly because I look so incredibly youthful. – Roger Allam
Rick Nielsen I always use my Les Paul. I have a Hamer as well. I use a Tele and an Esquire – once in a while, I will use a Strat, and I never use any pedals… except for in my car. – Rick Nielsen
Richard Carpenter My father, Harold, loved music. The radio was on all the time at home, and he had lots of great pop and light classical 78s. Karen and I especially loved Les Paul and Mary Ford, and their overdubbed vocals on songs like ‘How High the Moon’ and ‘The World is Waiting for the Sunrise.’ – Richard Carpenter
Rafael Nadal Every year I go to Broadway to see a musical – I like the music. I saw ‘Mamma Mia;’ I saw ‘Les Miserables;’ I saw ‘Phantom of the Opera’ like six, seven times. – Rafael Nadal
Rachel Tucker I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don’t want to be your umpteenth Fantine in ‘Les Miz.’ – Rachel Tucker
Pedro Almodovar There’s something about uninterrupted singing that just doesn’t work for me, because at some point, I need my characters to talk. Without meaning to offend anyone, a musical like ‘Les Miserables’ would be the last thing I’d ever be interested in. – Pedro Almodovar
Paul Westerberg It’s fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it’s still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I’m still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did. – Paul Westerberg
Nuno Bettencourt I come from a big family of musicians, so I was lucky enough to grow up with guitars all around the house. Even though I didn’t really know much at the time, my brother had a Les Paul Goldtop, and my dad always had this Fender or some bizarre Pedulla-Orsini guitar. – Nuno Bettencourt
