David Shrigley
British visual artist
The theme tune to Countdown.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Crazy by Patsy Cline.
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Ethan Hawke
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Townes Van Zandt’s To Live Is To Fly.
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A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
Christopher Eccleston
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Hot Legs by Rod Stewart: I’m going to be cremated.
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I have a Maserati. I love pop art and I collect Warhol, Hirst and Hockney.
The X Factor (wondering about song choices) and watching TV. I’m a night person, and don’t go to sleep until 3am or 4am.
I’d like people to say, “Well, he was a bit odd, he was a bit funny.”
I just wanted to work in music. I didn’t want a real job.
I’m always happy. Ask Simon Cowell: he says if I had a tail, I’d wag it.
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