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I don’t know but go fuck yourself
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Are you ever going to answer any of my questions?
MANU, LONDON, UK
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Do you feel that attempts to make Christianity and church-going fun, cool, contemporary, casual etc. detract from the experience, and ultimately from the message that’s received?
BEN, SHEFFIELD, UK
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Do you have ADHD and if so are you medicated?
NICK, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
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Don’t you ever wish you’d been a woman?
ELENA, BILBAO, SPAIN
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Do you ever block people?
DEN, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
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Do you think humanity is doomed?
KATE, SINGAPORE
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Have you read ‘Unapologetic’ by Francis Spufford?
SUSAN, WENTWORTH FALLS, AUSTRALIA
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What is your favourite emoji?
HANNAH, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
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Why are you such a pussy ass bitch that you won’t cover La Vie en Rose in French?
BRYN, TWP, USA
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Is Australia as beautiful as I imagine it to be?
MASHA, CALGARY, CANADA
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Do you choose the wonderful paintings that accompany your answers?
GARY, EAST KILBRIDE, SCOTLAND
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Do you ever use a thesaurus when you’re writing lyrics or Red Hand Files?
PHIL, KUSATU, JAPAN
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No, no indeed, absolutely not, most certainly not, of course not, under no circumstances, by no means, not at all, negative, never, not really, no thanks, nope.
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I tried to listen to your songs and replace the word Jesus with the word Buddha, but it didn’t work so well. Have you tried it?
LOUISE, SHAW, AUSTRALIA
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Is Colin Greenwood a Bad Seed now?
JED, YORK, UK
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Do you acknowledge your privileges?
GOLI, FRANKFURT, GERMANY
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Can you surf?
SIMON, MANDREM, INDIA
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Do you love me without knowing me?
NIELS, KIEL, GERMANY
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Help me out here, have I got this right? (re: issue 274) In these exceptionally “perilous and urgent times” you recommend fiddling while Rome burns?
PAUL, LONDON, UK
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If you are a fiddler, yes. If you are a fireman, no.
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Would you continue to write and perform if your audience disappeared overnight?
TRACEY, MALMSBURY, UK
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As a recovering addict, would you ever consider using psychedelics in a therapeutic setting if you were ever diagnosed with clinical depression or PTSD?
MARK, ST PAUL, USA
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Can you lead a fulfilled life without having children?
JOSEPH, SAN FRANCISCO, USA
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Do you ever wish you had a daughter?
BILL, CULPEPER, USA
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Isn’t being centrist just being indecisive?
FRANKLIN, LEATHERHEAD, UK
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No, I mean, yes, I mean, I don’t know, I mean, go fuck yourself.
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Would you like another baby?
BEATE, FRANKFURT, GERMANY
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Would you like a Jelly Baby?
JULIA THE WIZARD, MINNEAPOLIS, USA
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Do you think that the unhealthy use of social media is one of the evils of this world and that they should be banned for children under 18?
ALESSANDRO, SOLARO, ITALY
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Your aware there is no god right ?
MATT, GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
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You’re aware your punctuation sucks, right?
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Are you gonna watch the Eurovision Song Contest and are you gonna enjoy it?
ANDY, VANTAA, FINLAND
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Do you think Israel should be excluded from the Eurovision Contest this year?
BONNIE, MASPALOMAS, SPAIN
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Does the rise of antisemitism worry you?
DAVID, LIVERPOOL, UK
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If Roger Waters called you up and invited you out for a beer, would you go?
JOSEPH, REVERE, USA
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Do you despair how religion is often invoked when it comes to defending barbarous inhumanity?
NIALL, DUBLIN, IRELAND
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Have you taken the name Red Hand Files from the red hand of Ulster?
RONAN, TRALEE, KERRY
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I seriously think you should be knighted for the RHF alone. Don’t you?
VANYA, PERTH, AUSTRIA
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My boyfriend has asked me to name his penis. Any suggestions?
KATHERINE, ADAMSTOWN, AUSTRALIA
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What’s the hardest part of being a woman?
CHINEE, DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES
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Are you a cheeseburger?
JAMES, GALWAY, IRELAND
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Do you like Bruce Springsteen?
PALLE, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
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Do you think suicide condemns you to Hell?
JEFF, MOUNTAIN, USA
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Is suicide a sin against God?
JEFF, MOUNTAIN, USA
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Have you ever produced a piece of genius work that’s been followed by a feeling of deflation? Like ‘That’s so damn good how will I ever trump it ?!’
DEREK, HAILSHAM, UK
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How do you stay so thin?
ADAM, VENICE BEACH, USA
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Do you believe in human progress, in an absolute sense?
WOLF, ETERNITY
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Years ago I heard a humanities professor claim that all art is equally sophisticated. Can such a blanket claim possibly be true?
HUGH, VINELAND, NJ, USA
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I´m having just one wish for my 50th birthday: to play and sing a song with you – would you accept my invitation to my birthday party into our small village in northern Bohemia?
DANIEL, CESKA LIPA, CZECH REPUBLIC
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Just had to fire my guitarist! Don’t you hate the part of leadership where you have to crack skulls and make the tough decisions.
BILL, AUSTIN, USA
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Do you think Jubilee Street would be a good song to play at my funeral?
RYAN, BRAMPTON, CANADA
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Is an artist always the best judge of the quality of their work?
BEN, WALTON-ON-THAMES, ENGLAND
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I don’t know what to do with my life, all I ever want to know is if I’ll be okay. Will I?
ANDREA,QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES
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Yes, everything’s going to be fine.
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