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Jake Shears

Singer and songwriter; co-lead vocalist of Scissor Sisters

United States · b. 1978

American singer, songwriter and actor, born Jason Sellards, best known as co-lead vocalist of the pop-rock band Scissor Sisters.

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Question Who most deserves an apology from you, and why? Failure & regret read 208 other answers →

To the Scissor Sisters. Back in the day, I could be an absolute monster; I was a real asshole.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

Question What keeps you awake at night? Daily life read 193 other answers →

Getting older and dying.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

Question Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought? Money & investment read 195 other answers →

A Henry Darger painting. Sadly, I lost it in the divorce, but it was a great parting gift.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

Question What has been your biggest disappointment? Failure & regret read 217 other answers →

The realisation that I am no longer young.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains read 208 other answers →

Five years ago, a concrete plug, a little bigger than a baseball, fell off a building on Hollywood Boulevard when I was riding in an open convertible. It shattered the windshield. It really shook me. I still have it on my mantel.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

Question If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing? Death & what remains read 53 other answers →

It would definitely involve lots of sex. I would spend the afternoon having some crazy passionate declarative sex with my husband.

Recorded Clash, Last Day On Earth, 29 June 2012 source ↗

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