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Douglas Sirk

"And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world."

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"And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world."

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"Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now."

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"So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now."

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"Yeah, now we publish whenever we feel like it."

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"I have been recording for five decades now."

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"But, right now, the situation is that almost all of my writing is out of print."

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"Now there is a new group every week; it seems like everybody and anybody can get into the charts."

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"I think maybe ten years from now, I'm hopefully going to be, in like, Tahiti or something. Kicking back like in my huge mansion, if everything goes right, it's all up to me."

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"So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med?"

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