If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing?
Recorded Shirley Manson said elsewhere, not written here
By the sea. I would like to be on the beach in Kerala, I would like to be on the beach at Yellowcraigs in Scotland, and then at a really good table, drinking really good wine, eating delicious food, and discussing things I am passionate about with people that I am passionate about.

Clash, Last Day On Earth, 30 March 2012 source ↗

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Brody Dalle Singer, songwriter and musician
This is so heavy. If I’m never going to see my kids and husband again, it’s to let them know how giantly, massively and crazily I love them. Every ounce of me loves them so deeply, it makes me cry.
Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 9 June 2014 source ↗
Cate Blanchett Actor and producer
I guess dancing up a storm in the living room with my husband and children, and the farmer from across the way. Man, that farmer can dance.
Recorded Catherine Shoard, Don't Look Up press questionnaire, The Guardian, 9 December 2021 source ↗
Lionel Richie Singer, songwriter and record producer
The only thing left to achieve would be to just enjoy the fact that the ride was amazing, and probably say as many ‘I love you’s as I could. It would be a day of reflection for sure. But I wouldn’t want for more because I’ve had more than I could have ever imagined in the first place.
Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 24 March 2009 source ↗
Ray Davies Musician; lead vocalist and songwriter of the Kinks
I’ll have to write the greatest song I’ve ever written. You know, every day I get up, I live most days like they’re my last. I wake up with a kind of fear in my belly, with a feeling like, ‘This is it – go for it.’ So in many respects, it won’t be that much different from any other day. Knowing my luck, if I knew it was going to be my last day I’d make an elaborate arrangement. But something always goes wrong – like the gas boiler would explode. I’m not very good at making plans, so I live every day as if it’s my last. But I’d have to write a great song.
Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 28 May 2009 source ↗

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