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Mary Lou Williams

"He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously."

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"He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously."

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Donna Grant

"The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play."

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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

"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."

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Donna Grant

"I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from."

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Donna Grant

"We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that."

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Donna Grant

"When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!"

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Donna Grant

"I was jumping out of my skin. It was horrible. I was all over the place, because I'd never been in front of a live audience. That's a whole other element in the play, the audience."

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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

"I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've always wanted to play the piano. It's the only instrument I've ever really liked, and it's the only one that's ever interested me."

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Mary Lou Williams
"Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris was over to the house to talk my mother into letting me leave home."

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Mary Lou Williams
"When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'"

First

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Mary Lou Williams
"Quite a few musicians came to our house. And my ma took me to hear many more, hoping to encourage in me a love of music. But she wouldn't consent to my having music lessons, for she feared I might end up as she had done - unable to play except from paper."

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Mary Lou Williams
"Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night."

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Mary Lou Williams
"One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came a crisis at home. My stepfather fell sick, and it meant I had to support the family."

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Mary Lou Williams
"He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously."

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Mary Lou Williams
"I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the reed organ in the living-room."

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