Father John Misty: When were you happiest?

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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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Father John Misty said elsewhere, not written here

Whenever it was, it’s likely I was actually miserable, destitute and alone.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

Fern Britton English television presenter and author

I am always happiest tucked up at home with my family.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2009 source ↗

Heston Blumenthal English chef

Professionally, it has to be when I got my third star.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 October 2011 source ↗

Mike Wallace American journalist

Nineteen thirty-nine. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Station WOOD, 20 bucks a week.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2015 source ↗

In the hospital when my children were born.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2021 source ↗

I bore myself constantly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Grace Zabriskie – her style; her woodworking.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

A mutant turtle ninja.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Getting thrown down a well.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

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