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Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.
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Stephen Dillane
British actor
I'd like the enormous congregation to sing Leonard Cohen's Come Healing.
Anna Paquin
New Zealand actress
I don’t have a favourite song, but I will definitely give it some thought, so no one’s arguing about it when I die.
David Arquette
American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler
David Bowie’s Life On Mars.
Engelbert Humperdinck
British singer
I don’t like to think about that.
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I don’t think I’d change anything: the bad forms you more than the good.
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