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John Otto

"I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand."

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"I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano."

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"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her."

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"I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop."

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"I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff."

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"We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour."

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A.E. Samaan

"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."

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A.E. Samaan

"After you play a part, you think of it as your own."

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A.E. Samaan

"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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A.E. Samaan

"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"

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A.E. Samaan

"I want to play everything. I really want to do it all."

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"I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that."
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