The question
What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage
Climate change. That is the single most important calamity in the making that I obsess over.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗
A bee in my bonnet – whether that’s a song in my head or a person I’m thinking about.
Foxes making extremely weird noises.
Worry – I am a terrible worrier.
Stress, love, people not understanding me, me not understanding people.
Like a cosy cloud of softness coupled with an orthopaedic mattress underneath.
Myself. I have never been harder on anyone else.
I don’t care if I am remembered or not.
It was such a beautiful summer’s night and I had pink hair and my band was doing really well and my mum was there, my mum was still alive. It was very magical for me and to get the honour of my city, to be blessed by their respect, it was delicious.
My dog’s trust in me.
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.
Ricky Wilson, Björn Ulvaeus, Craig David, Bryn Terfel, Emma Bunton, Jim Kerr
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