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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 play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either."
Kerry King
"I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either."
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"I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year."
Michael Gambon
"I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year."
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"But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play."
Buddy Rich
"But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to 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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"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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"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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"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 play as I feel."
Oscar Peterson
"I play as I feel."
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"I still like to play the blues more than anything else."
Christine McVie
"I still like to play the blues more than anything else."
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"Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody in the world kind of has an image of what that person is and who he should be and so you really have to do your homework."
Joe Mantegna
"Whenever you're going to play a real person, you run the risk of well, everybody in the world kind of has an image of what that person is and who he should be and so you really have to do your homework."
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"It's really hard for me to sing and play bass."
Kim Gordon
"It's really hard for me to sing and play bass."
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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 always tried to play my hunches."
Gene Tierney
"I always tried to play my hunches."
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"I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it."
Mary-Kate Olsen
"I learned how to play the drums. When we were in pre-production, when we were still in LA, I had a couple of drum lessons and then some in Toronto. I got the one beat down and that was it."
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"If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes."
Pat Mastelotto
"If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"The particular refugee camp we were in, they were hungry for play, they were hungry for any kind of normalcy."
Connie Sellecca
"The particular refugee camp we were in, they were hungry for play, they were hungry for any kind of normalcy."
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"I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly."
Kyra Sedgwick
"I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly."
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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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"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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"I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs."
Steve Forbert
"I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs."
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"In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before you play gigs."
Beck
"In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before you play gigs."
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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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"The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different."
John Lee Hooker
"The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different."
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"I grew up in LA. I sort of watched the Raiders play and that sort of thing."
Jay Hernandez
"I grew up in LA. I sort of watched the Raiders play and that sort of thing."
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"With foxes we must play the fox."
Thomas Fuller
"With foxes we must play the fox."
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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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"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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"The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game."
Mary Hart
"The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game."
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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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"We still play Foreigner songs. I play the songs that I was involved in writing."
Lou Gramm
"We still play Foreigner songs. I play the songs that I was involved in writing."
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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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"I'm shooting a pilot based on my show. It's a one-camera show. I play myself."
Dane Cook
"I'm shooting a pilot based on my show. It's a one-camera show. I play myself."
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"My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto so I guess that's who I should probably play."
Robert Pattinson
"My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto so I guess that's who I should probably play."
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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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"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 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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"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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"I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born."
Charlie Parker
"I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born."
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"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."
Estelle Parsons
"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."
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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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"I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano."
Roger Moore
"I'm sorry to say that no, I do not play the piano."
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"I don't wanna play Karen. I just don't. I've kind of done this."
Selma Blair
"I don't wanna play Karen. I just don't. I've kind of done this."
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