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"I have terrible memories of it all going wrong. I`d put together an all-star band and the set was fraught with problems. We had David Gilmour on guitar and, poor David, his guitar wasn`t working for the first couple of songs. With his first hit, the drummer put his stick through the drum skin. And then my microphone wasn`t working, which for a singer is a bit of a handicap. A roadie ran on with another mic so then I was holding two mics taped together and I wasn`t really sure which one to sing into. It was a great day though." (On playing Live Aid (1985) (TV))

- Bryan Ferry

It`s fraught with pitfalls, it will be painful, it may fall on its face and die a painful death. Let the process work.

- John Porter

If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.

- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador