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Jay McShann

"We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands."

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"I get to play a killer next."

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"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."

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"Lyricists play with words."

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"I never play without my cape."

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"That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed."

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"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."

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"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."

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"I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do."

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"You don't have to live the blues to play the blues."

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"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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Jay McShann
"We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands."

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Jay McShann
"They had the music being piped right out on the street. I'd be three or four blocks from there and I couldn't get there fast enough because I'd hear old Joe holler them words."

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

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Jay McShann
"It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn."

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"I was listening to all those lyrics and trying to take in everything that was happening. I was completely excited. It was one of the greatest times that I had listening to music."

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"My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues."

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"We didn't let a night go by that we didn't play."

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"We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out."

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