Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2017 source ↗
I should have sung with David Gilmour at Carnegie Hall because I'm a massive fan of Pink Floyd.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 August 2014 source ↗
I would take things a little slower.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2017 source ↗
I would try to be a little nicer to my teachers.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 January 2022 source ↗
Several haircuts and my belly-button piercing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 January 2020 source ↗
Something by Leonard Cohen, I haven’t figured out which song yet.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2017 source ↗
A death threat at Glastonbury festival in 1989. The police told me not to go on, but I said I had to because I was headlining. So I wore a bullet-proof vest. It seemed unlikely that I would be assassinated, but it was shocking and very stressful.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2017 source ↗
There are a few. As far as getting started, lots of people who really want to make a song have figured that out already. I very rarely get asked for advice from people who have never written a song and want to know how to get started. It’s usually about getting stuck or feeling like they’ve painted themselves into a corner. I remember getting asked a question from this one kid who was probably 13 years old. He wanted to know if it was okay to always write in A minor. He liked writing classical piano pieces and his favorite key was A minor. My favorite key is also A minor, so he wanted to know if that was okay.
Recorded T. Cole Rachel, The Creative Independent interview source ↗
The most extravagant thing was a bottle of 1904 armagnac for $1,000. I spent $10,000 on a Martin guitar in the 90s. I also spent $100,000 on a Fairlight keyboard and I ended up giving it away. Oh well.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2017 source ↗
How little money really changes things. It buys doctors but not health, clothes but not taste, makeup but not beauty. When I was young and didn’t have anything, I imagined money had more power.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2017 source ↗
An astronaut, a writer, a dancer.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2017 source ↗
Adam Clayton, Adam Kay, Adam Lambert, Adele Parks, Adrian Edmondson, Adrian Scarborough
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