"Most of the music I've become interested in is hybrid in its originsClassical music, of course, is unbelievably hybrid. Jazz is an obvious amalgam. Bluegrass comes from eighteenth-century Scottish and Irish folk music that made contact with the blues. By exploring music, you're exploring everything."

-- Edgar Meyer

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“..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females...and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.”
“I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.”
“The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.”

Source : "Iranian group tests U.S. terrorism policy" by Michael R. Gordon and Douglas Jehl, www.cnn.com. May 10, 2003.
“I admire some people for their brilliance and I respect others for their strength. But I am indebted to those who can rekindle my spirit.”
“Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism.”
“Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine, No friends at hand, so I poured alone; I raised my cup to invite the moon, Turned to my shadow, and we became three.”

Source : "Drinking Alone in the Midnight" (eighth cent.) (translation by Elling Eide)
“And I had a big opportunity with Richard Brooks, The Professionals, which is really a magnificent movie.”

Source : Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2003.
“People are looking for something sort of new and exciting to be part of. It`s like test-driving a car. You don`t want to just go on the lot and drive the car you had before, you want to drive something new.”

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