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"But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can."
Travis Barker
"But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can."
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"I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record."
Erykah Badu
"I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record."
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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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"I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl."
Kristen Bell
"I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl."
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"I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that."
Lee Konitz
"I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that."
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"Well, I had a fiddle that I really can't play, so I loaned it to Darrell. But yeah, he's from another planet."
Guy Clark
"Well, I had a fiddle that I really can't play, so I loaned it to Darrell. But yeah, he's from another planet."
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"You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song."
Benmont Tench
"You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song."
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"It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself."
Dan Castellaneta
"It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself."
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"We never really wanted to play in California."
Santiago Durango
"We never really wanted to play in California."
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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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"I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop."
Coolio
"I came to Baku the same way I would go to Texas - because they asked me to come and play hip hop."
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"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."
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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"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."
Herbert Lom
"It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture."
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"No one should be allowed to play the violin until he has mastered it."
Jim Fiebig
"No one should be allowed to play the violin until he has mastered it."
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"I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play."
Joe E. Lewis
"I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play."
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"I'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer."
Alison Lohman
"I'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer."
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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 want to play everything. I really want to do it all."
Sophia Bush
"I want to play everything. I really want to do it all."
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"A song called Never. Which we never play. But it's a great song."
John Wozniak
"A song called Never. Which we never play. But it's a great song."
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"I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that."
John Entwistle
"I ain't heard anyone play like I do in my band and I am very happy about that."
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"I think any parent that makes their kid sit at a piano against their will and practice, they're going to have a kid that's not going to want to play the piano."
Debbie Gibson
"I think any parent that makes their kid sit at a piano against their will and practice, they're going to have a kid that's not going to want to play the piano."
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"Jeff Lynne is an arranger, and I think it's probably much easier for him to go ahead and play a part himself than to try to show somebody else what he wants. But it's hard for me to say; I barely know Jeff."
Benmont Tench
"Jeff Lynne is an arranger, and I think it's probably much easier for him to go ahead and play a part himself than to try to show somebody else what he wants. But it's hard for me to say; I barely know Jeff."
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"Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway."
Peter Tork
"Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway."
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"Rosie knows how to play ball. She's an athlete, for sure."
Geena Davis
"Rosie knows how to play ball. She's an athlete, for sure."
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"Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal."
Dweezil Zappa
"Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal."
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"You can't just play the same thing, over and over again."
Neko Case
"You can't just play the same thing, over and over again."
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"I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong."
Adam Jones
"I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong."
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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 have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version."
Billy Corgan
"I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version."
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"The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met."
Chet Baker
"The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met."
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"In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win."
Dustin Hoffman
"In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win."
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"We haven't played that many of them because all our gear was over here waiting for us when we could get here. So we didn't get to rehearse any of the new stuff, so we have planned to play 3 or 4 new ones."
Kerry King
"We haven't played that many of them because all our gear was over here waiting for us when we could get here. So we didn't get to rehearse any of the new stuff, so we have planned to play 3 or 4 new ones."
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"The only other things, and again these things are hearsay, is that he could be pretty rough on directors, because he knew exactly the way he wanted to play the part. And he did so."
Tommy Bond
"The only other things, and again these things are hearsay, is that he could be pretty rough on directors, because he knew exactly the way he wanted to play the part. And he did so."
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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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"I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white."
Alan Ladd
"I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white."
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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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"If I could read it, I could play it."
Nat King Cole
"If I could read it, I could play it."
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"I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult."
Matt Groening
"I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult."
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"It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play."
Edward Bond
"It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play."
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"We play some of my stuff and we play some Beatle covers."
Lou Gramm
"We play some of my stuff and we play some Beatle covers."
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"Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie."
Jackie Chan
"Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie."
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"I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV."
Ana Gasteyer
"I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV."
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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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"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."
Sharon Gless
"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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"I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards."
Dick Dale
"I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards."
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"So we are pretty convinced we don't want to play huge stadiums unless we can play them well."
Jerry Garcia
"So we are pretty convinced we don't want to play huge stadiums unless we can play them well."
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"I went on tour in the play H.M.S. Pinafore."
Dominic Chianese
"I went on tour in the play H.M.S. Pinafore."
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"If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record."
Duncan Sheik
"If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record."
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"Yes I still enjoy playing him. He's the best person to play isn't he?"
Tom Felton
"Yes I still enjoy playing him. He's the best person to play isn't he?"
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"Eat some pizza, play some Xbox, watch some TV. Gross? Maybe. Me? Yes."
Dustin Diamond
"Eat some pizza, play some Xbox, watch some TV. Gross? Maybe. Me? Yes."
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