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As a guy who had fun.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2017 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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View all 213 →I don’t care that much about legacy. Within family I do, but not externally.
Lil Nas X
American rapper
Whichever way people perceive me, but hopefully something good-leaning or neutral.
As someone who made you think that anything’s possible. I did three marathons in a day once but walking the high-wire at Battersea Park station was the challenge I loved most because I had to master a skill.
Sonny Rollins
Jazz tenor saxophonist and composer
I hope so, yes! The thing is that my spiritual leanings don’t accept what we would call life and death… We don’t believe in that. There is no end! There is no dying. We’re here forever! Even though your body turns to dust like everything else in this world, your soul is going to continue on. Even though I’m not able to perform music anymore, I’m still here as a human being, my soul will still be here when I’m gone — so every day I’m trying to be a good human being. And I guess whatever I accomplish in that sense will turn into the legacy of Sonny Rollins.
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View profile →I always wanted to play tennis. Otherwise, I always thought it would be fun to do something in mathematics or physics.
Plenty of matches got away, but there’s nothing I can do about it, so why worry?
I am not thinking about dying yet.
People who have done really well in their sports: in tennis, Steffi Graf; in ice hockey, Wayne Gretzky.
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