Andrea Bocelli: How would you want people to remember you? — FLAPSS

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How would you want people to remember you?

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A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.

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Andrea Bocelli

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As a man who tried to respect everyone, treating them with a smile and with due regard, despite the limitations of being human.

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

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Craig David British singer

As someone who brought people together through music.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 November 2016 source ↗

Gareth Bale Welsh footballer

I only really care about my own opinion of myself, and my family and friends’ opinion of me. The rest is just noise.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 August 2021 source ↗

Alex Jones American far-right conspiracy theorist

As a good friend, somebody people could rely on, somebody who liked a bit of a laugh, and as a good mother.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 August 2021 source ↗

Harlan Coben American author

With a wistful smile.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2024 source ↗

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Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.

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

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.

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

Question What do you believe happens when we die? Death & what remains

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 ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.

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

Question How close have you come to dying? Death & what remains

As a young man I had a car accident on a foggy night that left the vehicle looking like a squashed box, even though, by some miracle, I walked away unscathed.

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

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I fear the arrogance we are all at risk of, the pride that pushes us to put “I” in place of “God”. More prosaically, I fear physical pain because it risks stripping us of our dignity.

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

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