Sharleen Spiteri: What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? — FLAPSS

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What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life?

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Sharleen Spiteri

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Not being in pain – I have back problems and had shoulder surgery just before Christmas and there isn’t a day that goes by when I am not in pain.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗

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Ann Dowd American actress

Leading with joy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 January 2022 source ↗

Adwoa Aboah British fashion model

They are already things I work on: routine and less sugar.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 March 2019 source ↗

Jeremy Vine English presenter and journalist

To be able to cycle from my home in Chiswick [west London] to the centre of London on a fully segregated lane.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2019 source ↗

Matt Smith English actor

More clarity, or if I went to the gym more.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2013 source ↗

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Somebody wrote that my voice was more numbing than novocaine.

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Going on stage and saying, “Good evening Lyon!” I was in Marseille.

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Feeling so helpless. You feel that governments should be making better choices; people are speaking out and nothing seems to be done about it.

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Question What worries you about getting older? Time & hindsight

Nothing. I love getting old – I love the freedom it allows you.

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Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As a great songwriter.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 May 2024 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Quiet, noisy, androgynous.

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