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"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."
Stan Getz
"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."
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"If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more."
Linda Fiorentino
"If I'm not afraid when I'm reading a script, that means I know I've done it before. If I read something and think, Wow, I can't play this part, then I want to play it more."
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"I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible."
Beau Bridges
"I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible."
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"A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following."
Duncan Sheik
"A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following."
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"Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext."
Gary Oldman
"Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext."
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"Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play."
Vivien Leigh
"Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play."
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"It was a kind of paralysis you would get from tendonitis and I would last about five to ten minutes into the set and it would set in and I really couldn't play."
Leo Kottke
"It was a kind of paralysis you would get from tendonitis and I would last about five to ten minutes into the set and it would set in and I really couldn't play."
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"After you play a part, you think of it as your own."
Gena Rowlands
"After you play a part, you think of it as your own."
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"I rather go to see a good play than be in one."
Alfre Woodard
"I rather go to see a good play than be in one."
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"If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing."
Jerome Lawrence
"If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the play. Have a reason for making it sing."
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"Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."
Dan Castellaneta
"Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."
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"I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me."
Bill Kreutzmann
"I mean, when it gets down to it I just wanted to play the drums. The rest of it never meant that much to me."
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"Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement."
Neil Young
"Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement."
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"I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard."
Lee Konitz
"I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard."
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"Oh, and Scott, get Mark to play me. He's the most talented one anyway."
Mark McKinney
"Oh, and Scott, get Mark to play me. He's the most talented one anyway."
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"'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great."
David Carradine
"'Born to play? Hmmm. Probably Romeo... or Hamlet, I guess. Also, I'd be a great Alexander the Great."
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"I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious."
Peter Steele
"I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious."
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"To be able to play as slow as Al Jackson is almost impossible."
Charlie Watts
"To be able to play as slow as Al Jackson is almost impossible."
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"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel."
Jimi Hendrix
"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel."
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"The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks."
Stevie Ray Vaughan
"The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks."
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"And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go."
Sunny Murray
"And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go."
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"He has all those different aspects to him, so I can more or less decide as a performer how I'm going to deliver a line in a particular scene, or play a particular scene in total."
Paul Darrow
"He has all those different aspects to him, so I can more or less decide as a performer how I'm going to deliver a line in a particular scene, or play a particular scene in total."
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"I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them."
Charlie Watts
"I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them."
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"Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play."
Robert Englund
"Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play."
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"We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song."
Charlie Byrd
"We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song."
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"If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage."
Ritchie Blackmore
"If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage."
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"The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant."
Roy Wood
"The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal, and it was brilliant."
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"I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me."
Edward G. Robinson
"I didn't play at collecting. No cigar anywhere was safe from me."
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"I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself."
Victoria Abril
"I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself."
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"I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart."
Bill Bruford
"I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart."
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"I heard Mr. Wild Bill Davis. I heard him play in 1930 and he told me that it would take me fifteen years just to learn the pedals, the pedals of the organ and I got mad."
Jimmy Smith
"I heard Mr. Wild Bill Davis. I heard him play in 1930 and he told me that it would take me fifteen years just to learn the pedals, the pedals of the organ and I got mad."
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"When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here."
Bill Kreutzmann
"When Garcia died, and I decided not to play, I came out here."
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"I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person."
Sean Lennon
"I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person."
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"With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over."
Ikue Mori
"With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over."
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"I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights."
Lusia Strus
"I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights."
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"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."
Corey Haim
"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."
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"I don't like to play the victim."
Barry Pepper
"I don't like to play the victim."
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"So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel."
Buddy Rich
"So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel."
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"It's difficult to gauge that. With a bad guy you just know you're bad. To play a nice guy is harder - unless you are a very nice person like me of course."
James D'arcy
"It's difficult to gauge that. With a bad guy you just know you're bad. To play a nice guy is harder - unless you are a very nice person like me of course."
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"Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys."
Stephen Hopkins
"Everyone was going to play their part honestly, and not try and pretend to be good or bad guys."
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"Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly."
Steve Swallow
"Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly."
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"If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric."
Adam Jones
"If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric."
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"I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great."
Joanna Newsom
"I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great."
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"I always tried to play my hunches."
Gene Tierney
"I always tried to play my hunches."
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"I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth!"
Humphrey Lyttelton
"I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth!"
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"I dare anyone to play like Charlie Watts."
Randy Castillo
"I dare anyone to play like Charlie Watts."
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"You need three or five hands to play Ligeti."
Alfred Brendel
"You need three or five hands to play Ligeti."
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"If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out."
Michael Schenker
"If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out."
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"Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang."
Ronnie Hawkins
"Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang."
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"Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"
Tom Lehrer
"Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"
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