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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."

"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, American Musician

14

"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."

"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, American Actor

14

"But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can."

"But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can."

Travis Barker, American Musician

14

"I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage."

"I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage."

James Young, American Musician

14

"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."

"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, American Musician

14

"I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen."

"I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

14

"To play a bag woman is brave for any woman."

"To play a bag woman is brave for any woman."

Daphne Zuniga, American Actress

14

"Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you."

"Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

14

"Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."

"Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy."

Dan Castellaneta, American Actor

14

"Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you."

"Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you."

Charlie Parker, American Musician

13

"I don't get called very often to play innocents."

"I don't get called very often to play innocents."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

13

"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."

"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."

Stan Getz, American Musician

13

"Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams."

"Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams."

Gilbert White, English Scientist

13

"Yes I still enjoy playing him. He's the best person to play isn't he?"

"Yes I still enjoy playing him. He's the best person to play isn't he?"

Tom Felton, English Actor

13

"I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano."

"I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano."

Norman Wisdom, English Comedian

13

"I usually play disenfranchised youth."

"I usually play disenfranchised youth."

Robin Tunney, American Actress

13

"It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent."

"It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

13

"I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me."

"I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me."

Benmont Tench, American Musician

13

"When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it."

"When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it."

William Kraft, American Musician

13

"I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl."

"I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl."

Hope Davis, American Actress

13

"I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some."

"I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some."

Boris Spassky, Russian Celebrity

13

"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."

"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, American Musician

Play, Want, World

13

"I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me."

"I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me."

Hugh Leonard, Irish Dramatist

13

"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."

"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."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

13

"Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal."

"Frank's bands could play the hardest stuff and make it seem like no big deal."

Dweezil Zappa, American Musician

13

"I'm not subject to their rise and fall because I'm not accepted by them, so I have my own little curve going on. A lot of it is because of how much I play, I think I connect like when all you had was Vaudeville, I think I have an audience by performing a lot!"

"I'm not subject to their rise and fall because I'm not accepted by them, so I have my own little curve going on. A lot of it is because of how much I play, I think I connect like when all you had was Vaudeville, I think I have an audience by performing a lot!"

Leo Kottke, American Musician

13

"You can't just play the same thing, over and over again."

"You can't just play the same thing, over and over again."

Neko Case, American Musician

13

"I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it."

"I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it."

Ted Danson, American Actor

13

"I've never been in a bad play. There might have been bad productions and I might have been bad in them, but I've never been in a play that wasn't interesting or worthwhile doing on some level."

"I've never been in a bad play. There might have been bad productions and I might have been bad in them, but I've never been in a play that wasn't interesting or worthwhile doing on some level."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

13

"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."

"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, Spanish Actress

13

"It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move."

"It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

13

"He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not."

"He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not."

Matthew Sweet, American Musician

Play, Therapy, Want

13

"In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win."

"In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

13

"My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth."

"My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth."

Barbara Stanwyck, American Actress

13

"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."

"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, American Actor

13

"Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"

"Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"

Tom Lehrer, American Musician

13

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

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

Rick Wakeman, British Musician

13

"We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened."

"We all liked the Descendants and stuff like that, so we started playing it. It's not that it was really hard, well, it does take skill to play fast and keep up your stamina. But it was something that just happened."

Travis Barker, American Musician

13

"I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation."

"I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation."

Matt Cameron, American Musician

13

"I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person."

"I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person."

Sean Lennon, American Musician

13

"They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze."

"They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

13

"I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else."

"I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else."

Coleman Hawkins, American Musician

13

"You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game."

"You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game."

Rickie Lee Jones, American Musician

13

"I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we left respective bands other members from those bands all sort of changed round. It was a big sort of move thing. I got it from that, I suppose."

"I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we left respective bands other members from those bands all sort of changed round. It was a big sort of move thing. I got it from that, I suppose."

Roy Wood, English Musician

13

"We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid."

"We played it as long as we could play it on that CD and I think it might be 50 minutes, maybe. What you have to do is play a couple of songs and then get off the stage because everything that trails it sounds stupid."

Branford Marsalis, American Musician

13

"It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play."

"It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play."

Edward Bond, English Playwright

13

"If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us."

"If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us."

Lawrence Welk, American Musician

13

"I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart."

"I play the piano and have been playing since I was 7, mainly classical Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart."

Kiana Tom, American Model

13

"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."

"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."

Corey Haim, Canadian Actor

13

"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."

"If you play more than two chords, you're showing off."

Woody Guthrie, American Musician

13

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