Shirley Manson: What do you fear most? — FLAPSS

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What do you fear most?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

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Shirley Manson

Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Dying of the same awful disease that took my mother – a particularly aggressive form of dementia called Pick’s disease.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

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Willem Dafoe Actor

A crippling accident.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2014 source ↗

Michael Flatley American step dancer

On my deathbed thinking I wish I would have done something that I didn’t do.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2024 source ↗

Rosie Jones British comedian and actress

Not being liked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 December 2022 source ↗

Becoming dickish.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2012 source ↗

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Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Like a cosy cloud of softness coupled with an orthopaedic mattress underneath.

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Question If you had only one day left, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid? Death & what remains

By the sea. I would like to be on the beach in Kerala, I would like to be on the beach at Yellowcraigs in Scotland, and then at a really good table, drinking really good wine, eating delicious food, and discussing things I am passionate about with people that I am passionate about.

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Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Greta Thunberg, a brightly coloured little bird in a coalmine, desperately sounding the alarm for others while laying her childhood to waste.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

My dog’s trust in me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

Question What thought won't let you sleep? Daily life

Climate change. That is the single most important calamity in the making that I obsess over.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

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

I don’t care if I am remembered or not.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗

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