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Sylvia, who was born and raised in Perth, Scotland, began her journalism career straight out of school when she joined the iconic music magazine Smash Hits. She says: \u201cIn the early 80s there were no jobs in Scotland, because of Margaret Thatcher, so I was very lucky to get one.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first big star I interviewed was Diana Ross, and I was beside myself. I couldn’t keep a straight face. This legend from the 60s, sat right in front of me. She was incredibly gracious, as you would imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n
However the Britpop era was her favourite time, with some of her most memorable moments being with Liam Gallagher. She said: “He walked into a room and everyone would look at him. He was strikingly beautiful, and oozed cool, although he still called his mum Peggy every day to keep him grounded.<\/p>\n
“Oasis embodied everything that was the spirit of rock and roll. First and foremost, it was the brilliant songs. They wrote music for romantics. As Noel once said to me, \u2018Oasis is a celebration of the euphoria of life\u2019. I talked to Liam about that once, and he said, \u2018oh, you can tell he reads books\u2019, but replied, \u2018to me, Oasis is all about freedom\u2019.”<\/p>\n