Aretha Franklin: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

The question

Originally asked

Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.

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

Aretha Franklin

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

It’s never going to be absolutely perfect. There will always be something you would change if you could.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2003 source ↗

Others on this question

Any day spent laughing with friends or family.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 October 2016 source ↗

Spending time with my family—with no phone, no fax, and no meetings.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2003 source ↗

The entire family being healthy, being on the set of Barry, and a rainbow trout on my line.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 August 2018 source ↗

Eating dan dan noodles with my wife.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 14 July 2017 source ↗

Right here, right now.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2003 source ↗

My lips are sealed.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2003 source ↗

My weight, but I’m working on it. I will return!

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2003 source ↗

Search the directory for somebody in particular.