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On my tombstone I want the words, "He giggled in awe."
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2012 source ↗
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Jimi Tenor
Composer and musician
I really like the idea of a gravestone inscription that would scare someone. I would probably put "I'm going to follow you home and watch you sleep".
Andrew W.K.
Singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
"This counts as partying."
Ricky Wilson
Singer; frontman of Kaiser Chiefs
I can order sandwiches In over forty languages They sent us out in thunderstorms And sent me home in bandages
Amiri Baraka
Poet and playwright
We don't know if he ever died.
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