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"I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record."
Reba McEntire
"I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record."
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"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
"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."
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"I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play."
Mark White
"I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play."
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"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."
John Cage
"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."
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"I'll ask you if you can play some speaking roles."
Donald Wolfit
"I'll ask you if you can play some speaking roles."
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"When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible."
Ritchie Blackmore
"When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible."
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"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
"When you go to the theater, if you're really involved in the play, you don't think about it - you're in it."
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"I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming."
Roger Moore
"I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming."
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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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"My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules."
Harold Ramis
"My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules."
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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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"Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead."
Stephen Sondheim
"Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead."
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"It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move."
Tony Curtis
"It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move."
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"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
"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."
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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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"We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour."
Andrew Eldritch
"We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour."
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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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"When we finally got to play that and we had a great show there, well I can tell it was pretty awesome. Y'know, we probably did bigger festivals since then; we probably headlined bigger festivals since then, but I will always remember that."
Kerry King
"When we finally got to play that and we had a great show there, well I can tell it was pretty awesome. Y'know, we probably did bigger festivals since then; we probably headlined bigger festivals since then, but I will always remember that."
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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 don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues."
Luther Allison
"I don't want to be in some big beautiful place that nobody want me, because I play the blues."
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"Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you."
Dougray Scott
"Sometimes it is easier to play someone who is far away from you."
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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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"All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo."
Robert Vaughn
"All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo."
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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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"I have a doggy, a Japanese Akita, who I live to play with."
Corey Haim
"I have a doggy, a Japanese Akita, who I live to play with."
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"I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me."
Benmont Tench
"I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me."
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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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"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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"The more you understand me, the less characters I can play."
Skeet Ulrich
"The more you understand me, the less characters I can play."
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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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"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
"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 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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"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."
Edward Bond
"What I try to do in a play is put a problem on stage, head-on, without evasion."
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"So I suppose that means we can actually play the instruments."
Stewart Copeland
"So I suppose that means we can actually play the instruments."
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"I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation."
Matt Cameron
"I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation."
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"I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage."
James Young
"I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage."
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"They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze."
Michael Stipe
"They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze."
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"I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play."
Gary Burton
"I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play."
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"It's cool to play a sinister bad guy who also has a human side."
Lukas Haas
"It's cool to play a sinister bad guy who also has a human side."
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"Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams."
Gilbert White
"Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams."
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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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"I'd be quite excited to play somebody British."
Claire Forlani
"I'd be quite excited to play somebody British."
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"I'm playing with Bonnie Raitt. I don't have to sing it. I just have to play it. That's cool."
Billy Preston
"I'm playing with Bonnie Raitt. I don't have to sing it. I just have to play it. That's cool."
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"No, I tell you what I like is having the play close after a decent run and looking back on it and saying, yes, I did that, and wasn't it wonderful? Because while you're doing it, it is really tough. It is so hard."
Mary Tyler Moore
"No, I tell you what I like is having the play close after a decent run and looking back on it and saying, yes, I did that, and wasn't it wonderful? Because while you're doing it, it is really tough. It is so hard."
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"As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role."
Loni Anderson
"As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role."
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"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."
Colin Greenwood
"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."
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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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"If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over."
Van Morrison
"If you're a pop singer, you don't need to evolve. You just get a set together, have some hit songs and play them over and over."
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"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
"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."
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"I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world."
Maya Lin
"I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world."
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