The question
What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
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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 ↗
Thinking about work because I’m responsible for people’s jobs.
Foxes making love: it’s a very unsettling sound.
It’s usually a slight feeling that, having got through the day, I didn’t get any time to do any writing or something creative – it was a lot of admin, exhaustion from that and rumination.
My little girl. I often get visits just for a cuddle.
Dying of the same awful disease that took my mother – a particularly aggressive form of dementia called Pick’s disease.
Greta Thunberg, a brightly coloured little bird in a coalmine, desperately sounding the alarm for others while laying her childhood to waste.
A ballerina. I remain rather disappointed that I became a rock star instead.
Myself. I have never been harder on anyone else.
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.
I don’t care if I am remembered or not.
Ricky Wilson, Björn Ulvaeus, Craig David, Bryn Terfel, Emma Bunton, Jim Kerr
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