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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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Adam Clayton

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It feels like somebody giving you the keys to unlocking who you really are.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗

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Chris McCausland

Loud and noisy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 November 2025 source ↗

Nicholson Baker Contemporary American novelist and writer

It’s like all your emotions are apples and they get crushed all at once into cider.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2020 source ↗

David Jason English actor

Warmth and security.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 May 2021 source ↗

Being accepted for who you are but also being encouraged to continue to grow.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 May 2026 source ↗

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A comedian, and I may have achieved that.

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Question What would you most want to leave your children? Death & what remains

The best possible understanding of who they are and where they came from.

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

That I never became a virtuoso musician.

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

A few haircuts.

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

As someone who added to a situation rather than took away from it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗

Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Kind, insubstantial and dedicated.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗

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