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Buddy Rich

"So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel."

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"So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel."

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"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."

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"We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage."

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Donna Grant

"All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in."

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Donna Grant

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."

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Donna Grant

"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."

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Donna Grant

"Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney."

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Donna Grant

"In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues."

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Donna Grant

"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."

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Donna Grant

"Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well."

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Donna Grant

"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."

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