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I’ve got vertigo, so anything to do with heights.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 April 2022 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Melissa Etheridge
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
To let fear overcome my life. We’re not gonna let that happen because love is always greater than fear.
A Broadway theater filled with nothing but critics.
Safety of loved ones.
I become very anxious if I think I’ve hurt someone.
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When I was about eight, by a river waiting for my dad to finish fishing, eating a Mars bar, drinking a can of Coke and listening to Beat It by Michael Jackson on my Walkman. I remember feeling I couldn’t be happier.
When I left drama school, I thought I was going to work at the Royal Court and tell stories about political injustice. I got cast in ITV murder mysteries.
Control freakery in the kitchen.
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