Everyone's last tune

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"I want people to know I went out exactly as myself."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"I want people to know exactly who they were saying goodbye to."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"This song is, weirdly, the most 'me' thing I own."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"This song gets it. Gets me."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"It's the sound of the people and places that made me, me."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"This song has been with me through everything."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"I used to play this on repeat during the hardest year of my life. It helped."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"I want this to be the last thing people hear me 'say'."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"I want people to walk away thinking 'that was so them'."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"This song reminds me of long summers that felt like they'd never end."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"It's my way of having the last word."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"It's the song that taught me grief and love are the same thing, really."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"I want this to be the last impression I leave."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"This was the record that was always playing at family gatherings."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel