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Freddie Hubbard

"Yes, I can play. I can play. I can't play as long as I did and as hard, but I don't think I have to."

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"Yes, I can play. I can play. I can't play as long as I did and as hard, but I don't think I have to."

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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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"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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"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

"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

"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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"Well, my sister played trumpet. Can you imagine having a sister blowing the trumpet around the house, Fred? And my brother, he played piano. Everybody was playing some kind of music, so it was natural for me to get into it."
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"I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to take it easy and take it slow and warm up so I can come back."
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"When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult to make gigs and make money with your own style."
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