I don't have one. I know too many.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 9 November 2013 source ↗
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Arlo Parks
Singer-songwriter and poet; Mercury Prize winner
I want to be a voice for the kid. I mean, it sounds quite contrived, but I want to make music that I would have wanted to hear when I was 14.
Complicated, chaotic, messy.
Quiet, noisy, androgynous.
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View profile →Neediness.
I don't have a treasured possession.
That my four children love each other. That is probably not my achievement, but it's what I witness.
Loss.
I look forward to answering that question in 15 years.
I don't judge others.
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