Marc Quinn: What song would you want played at your funeral?

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Marc Quinn

British painter and sculptor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

The Doobie Brothers – I Cheat The Hangman.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2014 source ↗

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Bernadine Evaristo English author and academic

Disappear by Beyoncé.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗

Fatima Bhutto Pakistani writer

We don’t play songs at funerals where I’m from, but if they had to – Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 February 2021 source ↗

Donny Osmond American singer, dancer, actor, television host

Not Puppy Love.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2016 source ↗

Malcolm Gladwell Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers

Kiss And Say Goodbye by the Manhattans.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 April 2021 source ↗

Almost anything seems super urgent to deal with at 4am. Then I can't remember it in the morning.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2014 source ↗

More money. Sounds terrible, but money is the energy of change.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 May 2014 source ↗

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