Beth Ditto
American singer
When everyone else is happy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2012 source ↗
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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The birth of my children.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
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Marianne Faithfull
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When I was a child and a teenager, before I got discovered.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 April 2011 source ↗
Eddie Izzard
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Living in Bangor, County Down, because my mum was still alive. She died when I was six.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 May 2016 source ↗
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Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 November 2022 source ↗
Indecisiveness. It can be really annoying, especially when I am out to dinner and can’t decide between the chicken or the fish.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 November 2022 source ↗
When I “poll the audience” and my need to please others.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
Michelle Obama.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
When people talk over others.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2022 source ↗
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