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John Fahey

"When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions."

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"When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions."

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Amber Hurdle

"One can find so many pains when the rain is falling."

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"The hidden hand of contentment is in the rewards of the gratified. The hidden hand of bliss is in the rewards of the tranquil. The hidden hand of happiness is in the rewards of the elated. The hidden hand of joy is in the rewards of the jubilant."

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Amber Hurdle

"Love in fools is better than hate in the wise."

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"If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how it is with passion."

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"Love is the greatest drug; joy is the strongest medicine; virtue is the noblest remedy; together, they are the greatest therapy."

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"Love that hurts is better than hate that tickles."

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"One who loves lives a thousand years in one day, one who hates only lives one day in a thousand years."

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"Hate spreads in the direction it is blown, but love spreads in all directions."

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"The universe acknowledges the value of your tears; for when it rains, it is shedding its own."

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"When love enters your heart, hate is given an eviction notice."

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"From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes."
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"See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't learn anything from him, but I played that for him and he liked it a lot."
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"How can I be a folk? I'm from the suburbs you know."
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"But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me."
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"I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing."
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"I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head."
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"As soon as the groupie finds out that you make errors in everyday life like everybody else does and that you are human, they turn on you and hate you."
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