They immediately asked me to open my bag, and within a few minutes most of business class knew what I did for a living.
This gentleman, who was a weapons designer, immediately asked me if I had brought a notebook and when I said yes, he said, "I will now tell you my life history".
At a convention in the mid-80s, he ran into the minimalist composer John Adams: "He had seen one of my earlier works," says Adams, "and immediately asked me if I wanted to write an opera and suggested this subject.
"Karajan saw me as the Marschallin and, if you can believe it, immediately asked me to sing 'Tannhäuser' with him," even though the role, Venus, called for a dramatic soprano or a mezzo with an upper register and thus was not at all appropriate for her voice, she said in an interview in Lanfranco Rasponi's book "The Last Prima Donnas".
I arrived in his office and he immediately asked me, "Rick, what have you liked most about the last several months of your career?" I launched into an excited description of my new life as a successful author.
His recent original, "Real Cool," is so romantically potent that when I played it for David Garber, he immediately asked me if I'd like to get a matcha with him.
When I show up for dinner they immediately ask me, "Ryan is this wine good?" Looking for validation for their random choice.
So we carry on, and when we enter the park, a group of cheerful people immediately ask me if I have any spare bags for dog poo.
He called immediately and asked me for a date.
Immediately, David asked me to head down there, and I did.
