We could be weirdos

SINGER Paul Heaton says he can only write songs on a square table, as the Daily Star revealed yesterday.

- By MEG JORSH

The Housemartins and Beautiful South frontman insists his talent disappears in front of round or rectangular surfaces.

But Paul's not the only musician with some unusual habits.

Here MEG JORSH exposes the pop heroes with (allegedly) surprising quirks...

Pie in the sky

He’s the legendary guitarist behind the Rolling Stones. But rocker Keith Richards is also a shepherd’s pie obsessive. His love of the hearty meal goes back decades, to his grandad Gus, and he eats one before every show. He's even been known to refuse to play without one.

Wild as milk

Alien rock god David Bowie was just as eccentric in his free time. He often came up with hit lyrics by cutting up pages of text and rearranging them at random. Also, during the recording of 1976 album Station To Station, he lived on a diet of milk and red peppers.

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