Billy Ocean
British singer
As somebody who tried.
What would you like to be remembered for?
Question
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Not at all! I don’t think that you can really choose what people will like, or say, or even remember about you. I mean, my God, probably the Birkin bag will be known. … If I look myself to find out the date of something — and the first thing that pops up is that bloody bag! I think it’ll be “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus,” when I go feet first, that’ll be the tune they’ll play on the television, and then talk about the bag
The Talks, 18 November 2020 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 214 →
Cynthia Nixon
American actress and politician
As a citizen, a person involved in my community.
Meera Syal
British writer and actress
Often, with laughter.
Alice Eve
British actress
With daily rituals across the world.
More from Jane Birkin
View profile →Christmas with my girls, my brother, my sister, and all the children.
More on death & what remains
- How close have you come to death? 209 answers
- What song would you like played at your funeral? 178 answers
- If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing? 54 answers
- What happens when we die? 51 answers
- What would you like to leave your children? 44 answers
- How would you like to die? 44 answers
Also answered this
Ralf Little, Adjoa Andoh, Michael Flatley, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Joanne Froggatt, Cybill Shepherd
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All death & what remains questions
- The 73 Questions questionnaire — 5 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject