Florence Welch: If you could edit your past, what would you change?

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Repeated verbatim in The Guardian's long-running Saturday Q&A; two publisher-hosted examples establish recurrence.

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

Recorded Florence Welch said elsewhere, not written here

Perhaps a few drunken incidents – but I’ll keep the coat.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Emeli Sandé British singer

I would instil confidence in my younger self.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗

Harlan Coben American author

I’ve made a lot of mistakes, but if I could go back and fix the mistake, I wouldn’t be here.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2024 source ↗

I’d be happier being myself younger.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗

I’m not thrilled with my lack of commitment to feminism in my 20s.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 November 2025 source ↗

A couple of ex-boyfriends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Either pottering around on my own or performing, so I don’t know what kind of person that makes me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

My little sister Grace. In all the ways in which I am not capable or grounded or calm, she is.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

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