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"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

4

"I play patterns. I'll make up a pattern and just play it."

"I play patterns. I'll make up a pattern and just play it."

Richard Manuel, Canadian Musician

4

"Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!"

"Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!"

Count Basie, American Musician

4

"It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was."

"It is hard to play Blue Suede Shoes. I know everyone has heard it 10 million times, and that makes it even harder to play it, but there's a very laid back tempo on that. I was surprised at how slow it really was."

Brian Setzer, American Musician

4

"Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together."

"Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together."

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American Musician

4

"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

4

"I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working."

"I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working."

Donald Sutherland, Canadian Actor

4

"To put it better, we believe the radar gun will get you drafted, but you have to pitch to get to the big leagues. Tools will get you drafted, but you have to be able to play to get to the big leagues."

"To put it better, we believe the radar gun will get you drafted, but you have to pitch to get to the big leagues. Tools will get you drafted, but you have to be able to play to get to the big leagues."

Roy Clark, American Entertainer

Play, Tools, Will

4

"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."

"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, American Musician

4

"I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year."

"I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year."

Michael Gambon, British Actor

4

"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."

"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, American Musician

4

"I rather go to see a good play than be in one."

"I rather go to see a good play than be in one."

Alfre Woodard, American Actress

4

"Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast."

"Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast."

Benmont Tench, American Musician

4

"I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition."

"I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition."

Dizzy Gillespie, American Musician

4

"I'll ask you if you can play some speaking roles."

"I'll ask you if you can play some speaking roles."

Donald Wolfit, English Actor

3

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

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

Charlie Parker, American Musician

3

"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."

"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, English Musician

3

"We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal."

"We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal."

Benny Green, British Musician

3

"So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in."

"So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

3

"I have made that one of my policies never to play anything that I've already put on record."

"I have made that one of my policies never to play anything that I've already put on record."

Sam Rivers, American Musician

3

"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."

"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."

Jay McShann, American Musician

3

"I never saw the play, although I heard it was good."

"I never saw the play, although I heard it was good."

Joseph Force Crater, American Judge

3

"I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement."

"I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement."

Fred Allen, American Comedian

3

"I play as I feel."

"I play as I feel."

Oscar Peterson, Canadian Musician

3

"I'd be quite excited to play somebody British."

"I'd be quite excited to play somebody British."

Claire Forlani, English Actress

3

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

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

Norman Wisdom, English Comedian

3

"I usually play disenfranchised youth."

"I usually play disenfranchised youth."

Robin Tunney, American Actress

3

"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."

"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, American Musician

3

"When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly."

"When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly."

Frankie Avalon, American Actor

3

"When I started out, all I did was play my trombone."

"When I started out, all I did was play my trombone."

Ray Conniff, American Musician

3

"It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you."

"It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you."

Chris Cornell, American Musician

Play, Songs, Words

3

"I have a doggy, a Japanese Akita, who I live to play with."

"I have a doggy, a Japanese Akita, who I live to play with."

Corey Haim, Canadian Actor

3

"If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards."

"If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards."

Joe Pass, American Musician

Play, Right, Wrong

3

"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

3

"In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on."

"In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on."

Robert Wagner, American Actor

3

"Well, I'm a tape-recording nut. I like to play my tapes."

"Well, I'm a tape-recording nut. I like to play my tapes."

Tony Randall, American Actor

3

"I don't wanna play Karen. I just don't. I've kind of done this."

"I don't wanna play Karen. I just don't. I've kind of done this."

Selma Blair, American Actress

3

"I'm playing with Bonnie Raitt. I don't have to sing it. I just have to play it. That's cool."

"I'm playing with Bonnie Raitt. I don't have to sing it. I just have to play it. That's cool."

Billy Preston, American Musician

3

"I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff."

"I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff."

Neil Schon, American Musician

3

"We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that."

"We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that."

Jeff Ament, American Musician

3

"I always tried to play my hunches."

"I always tried to play my hunches."

Gene Tierney, American Actress

3

"We'll probably have to play the perfect game."

"We'll probably have to play the perfect game."

Tim Buckley, American Musician

3

"I play a huge variety of roles."

"I play a huge variety of roles."

Casper Van Dien, American Actor

3

"The more you understand me, the less characters I can play."

"The more you understand me, the less characters I can play."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

3

"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

3

"As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress. Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role."

"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, American Actress

3

"I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty."

"I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty."

Jules Shear, American Musician

3

"Oh, and Scott, get Mark to play me. He's the most talented one anyway."

"Oh, and Scott, get Mark to play me. He's the most talented one anyway."

Mark McKinney, Canadian Comedian

3

"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive."

"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive."

Boris Spassky, Russian Celebrity

3

"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!"

"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, British Musician

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