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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?

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Rebecca Lucy Taylor

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I am consistently disappointed in the music industry. Every time someone says that I’m underrated, that feels extremely disappointing because I’ve done my end of the bargain.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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Bryan Cranston American actor

That I couldn’t bridge the gap with my parents before they died. My mother died 10 years ago of Alzheimer’s, and my father died two years ago. He left when I was 11 and we got back in touch when I was 22.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2016 source ↗

Alan Johnson British politician

Not to have been a rock'n'roll star.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 October 2009 source ↗

Gavin Rossdale British musician

Sometimes it was disappointing not to have the fan base at home in the UK that we had elsewhere.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2020 source ↗

Mike Skinner English rapper

Realising that success wasn't going to keep me happy all my life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗

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

My internalised misogyny that still manages to cloud some of my thinking.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question What is the worst job you have ever had? Craft & work

At a pub in Rotherham. I was a really bad waitress and I ended up being demoted to chopping the potatoes and I even got fired from that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question When did you last change your mind about something important? Change of mind

My mind is changing about being a mum. I got a dog and the way I feel about it is a lot, and I realise maybe I would want to be a mum.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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

I’d have gone solo sooner.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

I would not like to know what my total massage budget is.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Question What is the harshest thing anyone has said to you? Failure & regret

I was recently made to feel that it’s my mental health that’s the problem and not the system.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

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