Florence Welch: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

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

Recorded Florence Welch said elsewhere, not written here

My little sister Grace. In all the ways in which I am not capable or grounded or calm, she is.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Others on this question

Anyone who can laugh at themselves.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2013 source ↗

My husband, who always seems to have everything in control and is so consistent.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2024 source ↗

Andy Roddick American tennis player

I look up to people such as Andre Agassi who use their fame as a pedestal for causes. He was great to me early on in my career.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 June 2015 source ↗

Ricky Gervais. I’m saying that so he might read this and cast me in something.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2022 source ↗

Either pottering around on my own or performing, so I don’t know what kind of person that makes me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Perhaps a few drunken incidents – but I’ll keep the coat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

A couple of ex-boyfriends.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

Never getting the lead in the musical at school.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2015 source ↗

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