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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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Midge Ure

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It’s not all soft focus and wheat fields. Love songs can be about hate, fear, envy, lust and anger, because that’s part of love as well.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

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Jenna Coleman English actress

Whole, full, lifted.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗

Robert Bathurst English theatre and television actor

Unqualified. Also, there’s that strange moment when you’re listening to lyrics on Radio 2 and you think, “Ooh, that’s so deep”.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 June 2020 source ↗

Shirley Manson Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage

Like a cosy cloud of softness coupled with an orthopaedic mattress underneath.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

Like nothing’s a problem.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 May 2026 source ↗

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Content, assured, indecisive.

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Other people get sad.

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Those mad thoughts. Did you turn off the air fryer? Have I booked my plane for tomorrow?

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