As a perfectly decent bloke.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2026 source ↗
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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As someone who left the world around me a little kinder and less hierarchical.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
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As a force for good and a champion of the underdog.
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As a kind person who cared for others.
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As someone who brought people together through music.
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Sometimes when I’m on a plane, as I often am, the weather is rough and we’re worried about going down. I think: If I hold the hand of the person next to me, I’ll be holding everyone’s hand. Like my dear friend, the late Wilma Mankiller, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, I want to know: I’m going to the other side of the mountain.
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Dying just a millisecond before I was about to say something I really wanted the people I love to hear.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2020 source ↗
First a horse rancher, then a dancer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
I’m walking down a street in New York, the sun is shining, I’m on my way to see friends who are chosen family—and I’ve just written a couple of pages that I like.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 September 2020 source ↗
In my 30s, I was staring at a pair of expensive boots in a shop window when the photographer Gordon Parks came up behind me. He instantly understood, because he grew up even poorer than me; he made me buy them on my credit card.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2017 source ↗
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