Beth Ditto: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

The question

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.

Beth Ditto

American singer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

There are far too many to choose.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2012 source ↗

Others on this question

United Farm Workers organizer Dolores Huerta.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2018 source ↗

Alison Moyet English singer

My older sister, Jeanne. We fought when we were kids, but she is so entirely capable.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2017 source ↗

Alison Steadman British actress

I have great hopes for Barack Obama.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗

Fran Lebowitz American author and public speaker

At the moment, Ukraine’s president.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2022 source ↗

I would still be at home. I wouldn’t want to travel anywhere because the roads would be chaos.

Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 14 September 2012 source ↗

When Justin Bieber's management kicked us out of his rehearsal because they were afraid we'd laugh at him. I was actually super-excited.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2012 source ↗

When everyone else is happy.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2012 source ↗

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