Gregory Porter: What do you believe happens when we die? — FLAPSS

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What do you believe happens when we die?

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Gregory Porter

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An accounting is given of our lives. Did you give more than you’ve taken? Hurt more people than you’ve helped?

The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

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Earthly life is merely the infancy of our soul. What comes after physical death is, I imagine, like returning home.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

Hopefully we have life in the minds and hearts of the people we interacted with.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗

The rest is silence.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗

I don’t think we’re meant to know.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗

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Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Holding a large and fragile glass object in a very dangerous environment.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

More time with my boys.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

The years of self-doubt.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

Redemption. People can be redeemed, goals can be redeemed.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Immunity to cruelty.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗

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