Kwame Kwei-Armah
Actor and playwright
Any song by Donny Hathaway.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 October 2018 source ↗
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I'd like to write my funeral song.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗
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Gemma Whelan
English actress
I want people to really, really cry so The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 January 2020 source ↗
Louis Smith
English artistic gymnast
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, by Roberta Flack.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2013 source ↗
Zoe Ball
British TV and radio personality
That’s All by Mel Tormé.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 December 2020 source ↗
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My brother was singing Yellow Submarine on stage with his class. I was singing along with them, showing off cos I knew all the words. The song ended suddenly and I was the only one in the whole hall who sang, 'We ...'
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗
We used to have one of those gat guns that shot pellets. My friend pretty much had the thing at point-blank range to my temple. It popped out and completed its trajectory about a millimetre from my head.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗
To my dad for not making it back to Birmingham to see him while I was in London doing The Streets.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗
Infinite money might allow me to achieve unbounded creativity.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗
That I might have to do a normal job.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗
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