What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?

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“You sing like a goat.” When I did my French album [Voila], this French woman – a supposed friend – said to my face: “It’s fantastic but, how come you sound like a chèvre?” It was like someone had hit me in the stomach.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 March 2023 source ↗

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I was going to a bar with friends and there was a line at the door. I’d been there before and asked the doorman to skip the line. He said, “Oh, I remember you, you were in Almost Famous, weren’t you?” And I said, “Yeah.” And he goes, “Yeah, get back in line.”
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
Julian Lloyd Webber British cellist and conductor
When the surgeon told me I wouldn’t be able to play the cello again, in 2013. I have a herniated disc and it’s pressing on a nerve in my neck. I announced I was stopping playing in 2014. I absolutely did not want to stop.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2023 source ↗

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