Father John Misty: When were you happiest?

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

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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

Recorded Father John Misty said elsewhere, not written here

Whenever it was, it’s likely I was actually miserable, destitute and alone.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

Richard Coles British musician, writer, presenter and priest

Technically, Ibiza 1990, because of the amount of ecstasy I’d taken.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2023 source ↗

Lesley Sharp British actress

When I am up in the air and about to hit the water, literally and metaphorically.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 May 2021 source ↗

Keeley Hawes British actress

I am happiest now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2010 source ↗

Julian Lloyd Webber British cellist and conductor

When I was 16, I’d just won full scholarships to both the Royal Academy and the Royal College of Music, and felt like the world was my oyster.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2023 source ↗

Getting thrown down a well.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

A mutant turtle ninja.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

I bore myself constantly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Grace Zabriskie – her style; her woodworking.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

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