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"Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less."
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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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"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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"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
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"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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"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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"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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"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
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"Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go."
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"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."
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"When I came back I had to realize that IC was not in a very good shape - all the much money that we had because of the huge Ideal success, was gone. I was very upset."
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"How did this or that change my music? The only time I have to think about it is when an interviewer asks me that."
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"Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less."
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"I listened to the rock music of that time, but as you know and can easily hear: my music of that era had nothing to do with the common music of this era. I was experimenting, I was searching for something new."
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"We are all part of a tradition, at least we depend on the past."
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"Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body."
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"The problem was the journalists who also did not understand much of my music, but they wrote about it. I think you fell into the usual trap laid out by parts of the press and other writers: that the poor musician has always to fight the evil companies and managers."
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"Because, also the world of showbiz is not just black and white, good and bad."
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"The human voice is the first and most natural musical instrument, also the most emotional."
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"Manuel is still today a good friend. The others I see rarely, but with Edgar I phone from time to time."
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