Kim Gordon: When were you happiest?

When were you happiest?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Kim Gordon said elsewhere, not written here

In kindergarten, riding my bike and making objects out of clay.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

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Viggo Mortensen American actor

Right now. The past has gone.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 January 2010 source ↗

Kwame Kwei-Armah Actor and playwright

When my mother was alive. She passed away 14 years ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 October 2018 source ↗

Donny Osmond American singer, dancer, actor, television host

In 1971, I was sitting in a hotel room in London and there was a television chat show going on, debating whether Donny Osmond should be deported because of the chaos he was wreaking. And while I was watching this, there were fans on the street below, chanting my name. I was 13 and thought, “Does it get any better than this?”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2016 source ↗

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Well, I’m happiest on Martha’s Vineyard, between July 1 and Labor Day, riding my tricycle with Larry Bobo every afternoon and fishing with Buddy Vanderhoop. But I was happiest from my childhood through high school in Piedmont, West Virginia; it was magical. I was sorry when it was time to go off to college.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2019 source ↗

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Question What would you like to be remembered for? Death & what remains

As a generous soul.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

Question Who most deserves an apology from you, and why? Failure & regret

My parents: I’m sorry I didn’t spend more time with them.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains

When I was little, I took a bunch of pills out of the cabinet because I was bored, when I was supposed to be taking a nap. I had to have my stomach pumped.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗