Philip Oakey: What would you want written on your gravestone? — FLAPSS

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What would you want written on your gravestone?

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Philip Oakey

Singer and songwriter; frontman of the Human League

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

'Citizen. One of 6.5 billion.'

Clash, Last Day On Earth, 26 April 2011 source ↗

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Andrew W.K. Singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter

"This counts as partying."

Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 28 August 2014 source ↗

Jimi Tenor Composer and musician

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".

Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 16 September 2008 source ↗

Amiri Baraka Poet and playwright

We don't know if he ever died.

Recorded Farai Chideya, News & Notes, NPR, 9 January 2007 source ↗

Antonio Rojano Spanish playwright

Road ends here.

Recorded The Theatre Times interview, 1 January 2016 source ↗

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I would like to have read all the novels of Charles Dickens. My dad always said he was the best novelist in the English language, and I think I should work out if he was right or not. He usually was right about those things.

Recorded Clash, Last Day On Earth, 26 April 2011 source ↗

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