The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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At 37 Crawford Road in Camberwell, London. My mother had separated from my father and we had nothing, but I remember roast potatoes, twopence in the gas meter and music. It was the only time in my life when I felt at home.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 March 2022 source ↗
At the South By Southwest Music Festival last March. Few things make me happier than going to concerts, and this was an epic evening.
In Cyprus between 1994 and 1999. I was baking out there, the weather was fantastic, it was a great place to be and I met my wife Alex.
Maybe on tour when I was in Argentina. Yeah, or Brazil: oh my God, those people out there.
Chasing after fire engines as a child with my dad and watching neighbours' houses burn to the ground.
My Patek Philippe watch collection; or my cars – an Aston Martin and Bentley Mulsanne.
I wanted to be like Vidal Sassoon and wear the three-piece suit and be part of pop culture.
Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Chrissie Hynde, Tim Minchin, Brett Anderson, Boy George, Father John Misty
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