Jake Shears: What thought won't let you sleep? — FLAPSS

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What thought won't let you sleep?

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Jake Shears

Singer and songwriter; co-lead vocalist of Scissor Sisters

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Getting older and dying.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

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Nish Kumar British stand-up comedian and presenter

Anything from the concept of human mortality to a faux pas I made at a party in 2005.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 February 2019 source ↗

kd lang Canadian musician

Inconsequential things like whether my basketball team, the Portland Trail Blazers, can get it together for the play-offs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 May 2021 source ↗

Kim Gordon American musician and artist

Worrying about my daughter, worrying about money.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

Elaine Paige English singer and actress

Watching tennis.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2016 source ↗

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Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

To the Scissor Sisters. Back in the day, I could be an absolute monster; I was a real asshole.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

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

A Henry Darger painting. Sadly, I lost it in the divorce, but it was a great parting gift.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

Five years ago, a concrete plug, a little bigger than a baseball, fell off a building on Hollywood Boulevard when I was riding in an open convertible. It shattered the windshield. It really shook me. I still have it on my mantel.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

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

It would definitely involve lots of sex. I would spend the afternoon having some crazy passionate declarative sex with my husband.

Recorded Clash, Last Day On Earth, 29 June 2012 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

The realisation that I am no longer young.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 July 2021 source ↗

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