Lil Nas X
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Maybe on tour when I was in Argentina. Yeah, or Brazil: oh my God, those people out there.
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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.
I’m pretty happy right now, although the plague is a problem. I got the virus early, and was unwell for two and a half weeks. I was spared the worst symptoms; I realise more strongly every day that I’m one of the very lucky ones.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 July 2020 source ↗
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My college years, when everything was possible and I felt physically invulnerable.
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A writer, I’m sorry to say. Boring, I know, but true.
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