John Mellencamp
Singer and songwriter
It’s not our God-given right to be happy. So, if a man can laugh out loud once or twice a day, that would be happiness.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
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What do you value most in your friends?
Relationships
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being at home with Brian and the dogs.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2017 source ↗
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View all 158 →Pizza and wine after performing for a great Saturday-night crowd on Broadway.
Being with those that I love, and they have no problems.
Spending time with my family—with no phone, no fax, and no meetings.
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View profile →I would be a better, faster, and more faithful writer of letters and e-mails, and returner of phone calls.
Humor, perspective, and selective honesty.
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