Marianne Faithfull: If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what…

If you had only one day left to live, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid doing?

Recorded Marianne Faithfull said elsewhere, not written here

I’d like to see all my friends. I would have my breakfast and then I would go to Ireland and see my friends – Frank McGuinness, Penny and Desmond Guinness…all those people. I would have lunch in the castle with Penny and Desmond and maybe some other people, then in the afternoon I would go to New York and do the same thing.

Clash, Swan Song, 11 March 2011 source ↗

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Luke Pritchard Singer and guitarist of The Kooks

My last afternoon would be spent with my friends. Nothing spectacular, just good times. We’d maybe walk through Soho in London getting a little loaded and making it up as we go along. Some good rum and that’s all.

Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 15 December 2011 source ↗

Tyler Perry Filmmaker, actor and playwright

I would stop working out right away. I wouldn’t lift another weight, I wouldn’t run another mile. I would sit on my ass and eat as many cookies as I could find.

Recorded Catherine Shoard, Don't Look Up press questionnaire, The Guardian, 9 December 2021 source ↗

Ricky Wilson Singer; frontman of Kaiser Chiefs

My house by the sea to the sound of ropes pinging against boat masts and gulls on the roof. Instant coffee, white toast and watching The Wright Stuff in bed. It’s my last day! If I haven’t done it yet I don’t want to cram it all in now.

Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 10 August 2012 source ↗

Jax Jones DJ and record producer

I’d run it like every day: have something good to eat, make sure my body’s feeling good, and then when it’s time to go I’d head to the spa and just be massaged into death.

Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 19 November 2019 source ↗