When were you happiest?

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When I was a kid with no responsibilities.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2013 source ↗

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Kate Nash British musician
British summers give me a really happy feeling. My bedroom at our family home in Harrow looks out on to our garden and a cricket field, and you just know when it’s the first day of summer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2019 source ↗
Louis Walsh Irish music manager and television personality
I’m always happy. Ask Simon Cowell: he says if I had a tail, I’d wag it.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2017 source ↗
In the mountains, climbing into beautiful places—anything that has to do with nature. I feel best in nature or near nature. And I was most happy, of course, when I was with my husband and we were in beautiful landscapes.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2010 source ↗

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