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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 Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2017 source ↗
In 1985, in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, sitting on the veranda with my grandmother, people-watching, and listening to poetry and local gossip.
When I was little kid, before I knew what worrying was about.
When I was about eight, by a river waiting for my dad to finish fishing, eating a Mars bar, drinking a can of Coke and listening to Beat It by Michael Jackson on my Walkman. I remember feeling I couldn’t be happier.
About 15 minutes ago: I'm on medication and it's starting to wear off.
I did a crap impersonation of JK Rowling a few years ago. Sorry, JK. Can this apology put me on a casting list for your next mega-franchise?
I would have stopped making records after They Don’t Know.
On a plane with Meryl Streep in 1984: the engines blew and we had to make an emergency landing.
The End by the Beatles.
Realising as I grew up that people don’t really know what they’re doing.
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