The question
What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage
My dog’s trust in me.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 May 2022 source ↗
Being delusional and dreaming big.
Surviving the music industry. I think it’s been responsible for killing a lot of musicians. Lots of us have mental health issues, and drink and drug problems, and the industry doesn’t really care.
Making films exactly how I wanted.
Holding on to my sanity.
Myself. I have never been harder on anyone else.
Dying of the same awful disease that took my mother – a particularly aggressive form of dementia called Pick’s disease.
A ballerina. I remain rather disappointed that I became a rock star instead.
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.
Like a cosy cloud of softness coupled with an orthopaedic mattress underneath.
I don’t care if I am remembered or not.
Billy Porter, John Simm, Toyah Willcox, Jennifer Hudson, Michael Ball, Belinda Carlisle
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