I think that we dissolve into the soil and new things sprout from that.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I have lots of beliefs about that, but that will have to wait for another interview.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2023 source ↗
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I have never been able to become an atheist and, even though I know it is completely irrational and cannot be backed up, I think when I die I’m going to glory.
I think our kids take our stuff!
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I’m quite stubborn.
Laughing and silliness.
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Probably the same thing.
I once did a record store signing in LA, which I had no business doing. No one was there – just staff. They were getting ready to close the shop and sweeping up.
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