Tina Turner: What trait do you most dislike in other people?

The question

What trait do you most dislike in other people?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.

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

Tina Turner

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Too many times I had people try and make decisions for me. The assumption that I needed that was a big mistake!

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 193 →

Penny Lancaster

Lack of empathy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗

Russell Mael

People not remembering who I am.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 May 2025 source ↗

Kate Humble

People having really loud conversations on their phones in public places.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 December 2023 source ↗

Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman

Dishonesty and being late for appointments.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2012 source ↗

More from Tina Turner

View profile →

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As the Queen of Rock’n’Roll. As a woman who showed other women that it is OK to strive for success on their own terms.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

I don’t deplore anything about myself, but I am a perfectionist.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I never want to go back; I fought so much through my life, that I have to keep going forward.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Like a dryer going off in your stomach.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2023 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Being at one with yourself.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 February 2000 source ↗

Also answered this

Erin O'Connor, Alex Lawther, Rose Tremain, Anthony Hopkins, Meghan Trainor, John Cleese

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

All values & belief questions
The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject

Report this answer

Others on this question

More from Tina Turner

More on values & belief

Also answered this

Explore further