Reply #12: Burt Bacharach was chatty backstage.

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http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/02/09/ap2512289.html

LOS ANGELES (AP) - He won for best instrumental album, but composer Burt Bacharach had plenty to say at the Grammys, particularly about the war in Iraq.

"I've never seen times like we've got right now," he said backstage, his young children by his side. "This is the future I'm leaving behind for these kids and I'm concerned because I think we've really made a mess of it."

Bacharach, who won for "At This Time," accused President Bush of leading the United States into war by "lying" that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

"I never like to be lied to by a girlfriend or agent, and certainly not the president of the United States," he said. "I'm very concerned, as we all should be. That's why the album is called 'At This Time.'"

While the media hum "Walk On By".