The question

What is your greatest fear?

Originally asked

Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.

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Alessia Cara

Canadian singer-songwriter

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here
That’s a good way of looking at it. It’s me talking to myself, reminiscing on childhood and things I was told as a kid. Just wanting to stay a certain age and not have to grow up—that’s something I’ve always been afraid of.

Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork, 30 June 2015 source ↗

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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 ↗

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Question When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, what do you do? Daily life
This is something I still have to learn and figure out because I'm not perfect at it yet — but I've learned that just even something as simple as breathing properly can be a really nice form of meditation. Also talking to people about it. I started going to therapy, which has been really helpful just to get it out. Of course for me as a songwriter, writing helps. So does taking things a day at a time and stopping to just breathe because I'm a person who really thinks so far in advance all the time.
Recorded Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 15 June 2018 source ↗
Question What is the biggest obstacle you have faced professionally? Craft & work
It was very challenging at first, as I came straight out of high school where my lifestyle was so different to that of a professional musician. I lived such a secluded life – I went from school to home, school to home, and never travelled anywhere. I hadn’t figured out who I was, as I hadn’t explored anything yet. To jump into the completely opposite lifestyle so quickly and so young was difficult – I was very afraid, and didn’t know how to say no.
Recorded Cordelia Lam, The Forty-Five, 30 July 2021 source ↗

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