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As good enough.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 October 2021 source ↗
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How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
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A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
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I’d like a manoeuvre called after me, in the way Heimlich has.
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.
As someone who did what he could with what he had.
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