Laura Mvula: 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 Laura Mvula said elsewhere, not written here

Prince – there is no one greater.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

Sadiq Khan Mayor of London since 2016

Mo Farah represents everything that’s great about our country.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 September 2016 source ↗

Any homosexual or transgender people fighting for their rights anywhere in the world.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2014 source ↗

Lorraine Pascale British model and cook

Oprah – she's achieved so much.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2014 source ↗

Jackie Chan Hong Kong actor and martial artist

Wow, so many – Robert De Niro, James Cameron, Will Smith.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 November 2010 source ↗

To Be Young, Gifted And Black, by Nina Simone.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2014 source ↗

More head space.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2014 source ↗

My debut album.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2014 source ↗

Not winning the Mercury.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2014 source ↗

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