People finding out my greatest fear.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗
People finding out my greatest fear.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗
Going back to addiction.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
Having no purpose.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 January 2023 source ↗
That the Proust Questionnaire will continue to be used by lazy, overworked journalists for another century or so (since you asked …).
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2013 source ↗
Staying alive, being here at this age. So many songs. It’s crazy.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗
Peace and honesty.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗
That I have no patience.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗
To not be afraid, to stand there and be strong and loving and honest.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗
The fact that I’m a vampire.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗
When Rufus first came out, it was all white guys and myself, but then the band changed and Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson and Andre Fischer came in. This guy booked us for a gig in Illinois, based on our original album cover, and when we got there he said that there were too many black people in the band. He actually put some white guys on the stage with us.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗
Ai Weiwei, Alan Arkin, Alfred Molina, Alison Steadman, Allison Janney, Ally McCoist
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