I once asked a young woman if she had ever heard of the musician Laura Marling, insinuating I knew Laura Marling, to which she replied: “I am Laura Marling.”
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A verbatim recurring question in The Guardian's Q&A series.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I once did a record store signing in LA, which I had no business doing. No one was there – just staff. They were getting ready to close the shop and sweeping up.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2023 source ↗
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On radio, I once said “anal” instead of “angel”.
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I have lots of beliefs about that, but that will have to wait for another interview.
I’m quite stubborn.
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