Florence Welch: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Florence Welch said elsewhere, not written here

My little sister Grace. In all the ways in which I am not capable or grounded or calm, she is.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Joan Collins English actress and writer

Bill Clinton, I think he was a great president (who cares about his indiscretions?).

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2014 source ↗

Nelson Mandela.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗

Richard Bacon English television and radio presenter

Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2015 source ↗

Shirley Hughes English illustrator and author

My sons for their bravery, and my daughter and daughters-in-law for being working mothers and always being able to make me laugh.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2012 source ↗

Perhaps a few drunken incidents – but I’ll keep the coat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

A couple of ex-boyfriends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Never getting the lead in the musical at school.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Either pottering around on my own or performing, so I don’t know what kind of person that makes me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

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