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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

"All violent feelings have the same effect. They produce in us a falseness in all our impressions of external things, which I would generally characterize as the pathetic fallacy."

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Amber Hurdle

"I believe in unconditional love... I believe in dangerous unselfishness... I believe in daring to achieve... I believe in making mistakes... I believe in helping others... I believe in moving on... I believe in passionate romance... I believe in living the fullness of this human experience... I believe in ME..."

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Amber Hurdle

"My job is usually to express emotion as freely as possible."

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Amber Hurdle

"The breath of being is been able to share your bread."

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Amber Hurdle

"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray."

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Amber Hurdle

"Avarice is the vice of declining years."

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"I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring."

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Amber Hurdle

"My soul struggles; I stay all night, and sleep day time."

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Amber Hurdle

"The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility."

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"Regarding fame, fortune and Oregon I do wish I had more money."
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"Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that."
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"Being worshipped is a horrible experience."
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"So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff, which nobody else did that, I don't know why."
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"How can I be a folk? I'm from the suburbs you know."
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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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"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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