The REM frontman on smoking, Susan Sontag and how it feels to be in love

Born in Georgia, Michael Stipe, 60, became REM’s frontman in 1980. The band became internationally famous in 1991 with the Grammy award-winning album Out Of Time. Last October, Stipe released his first solo song, Your Capricious Soul, with proceeds going to Extinction Rebellion; he has just released another, Drive To The Ocean, via his website. Stipe lives with his partner, Thomas Dozol, in
New York and Berlin.
When were you happiest?Can I say: maybe tomorrow?