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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".
Clash, Swan Song, 16 September 2008 source ↗
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Derren Brown
English mentalist and illusionist
Ideally, a nice guy. Someone kind. I can't think of a finer epitaph.
Damon Gough
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; records as Badly Drawn Boy
My grandfather's epitaph: 'To live in the hearts of those we love is not to die.'
Andrew W.K.
Singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
"This counts as partying."
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist and essayist
Everything was beautiful, nothing hurt.
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View profile →It would be too late to write my autobiography. I guess I would drink coffee and talk with my friends. Hopefully we could do some jamming as well that would be recorded. I think it would be quite an emotional moment. I would definitely be playing flute. Flute is the instrument of death in a way.
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