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John Otto

"I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing."

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"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

"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

"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

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

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Donna Grant

"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."

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Donna Grant

"I have a doggy, a Japanese Akita, who I live to play with."

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Donna Grant

"I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again."

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John Otto
"It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about."

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John Otto
"I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool."

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John Otto
"Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure."

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

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John Otto
"I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing."

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John Otto
"Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality."

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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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John Otto
"We've got many different sides of music to us."

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John Otto
"When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases."

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John Otto
"I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it."

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