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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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"I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've always wanted to play the piano. It's the only instrument I've ever really liked, and it's the only one that's ever interested me."
Jerry Hunt
"I taught myself to play the piano. I've always been able to play, the minute I could get my hands up. I've always wanted to play the piano. It's the only instrument I've ever really liked, and it's the only one that's ever interested me."
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"I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand."
John Otto
"I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand."
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"Well, I play Jews and parrots. Parrots are how I've branched out."
Gilbert Gottfried
"Well, I play Jews and parrots. Parrots are how I've branched out."
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"I would like to play with electronic keyboards again."
Andy Summers
"I would like to play with electronic keyboards again."
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"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
Oscar Wilde
"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
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"But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great."
Rick Wakeman
"But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great."
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"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
"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."
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"Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together."
Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Lots of times I'll play lead and rhythm together."
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"Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less."
Klaus Schulze
"Yes, I'm a musician. I also like to play with others, sometimes more, sometimes less."
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"I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play."
Ian McDiarmid
"I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play."
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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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"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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"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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"So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'"
Ornette Coleman
"So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'"
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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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"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
"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."
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"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
Jay McShann
"I had listened to Joe Turner. When they'd book Joe there, I'd play the blues behind him."
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"Days of wine and roses laugh and run away, like a child at play."
Johnny Mercer
"Days of wine and roses laugh and run away, like a child at play."
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"Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out."
Sigourney Weaver
"Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out."
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"When I started out, all I did was play my trombone."
Ray Conniff
"When I started out, all I did was play my trombone."
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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 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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"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."
Christopher Reeve
"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."
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"I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes."
Brittany Murphy
"I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes."
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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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"In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it."
Camryn Manheim
"In my fantasies, I always wanted to play the ingenue, but in reality, in my bones, I am so used to playing the grandmother that I don't feel safe or even sure that I can do it."
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"You don't have to live the blues to play the blues."
Herbie Mann
"You don't have to live the blues to play the blues."
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"We tune down a full step when we play but I never miss a note. I've learned how to keep my voice."
Kip Winger
"We tune down a full step when we play but I never miss a note. I've learned how to keep my voice."
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"If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up."
Dexter Gordon
"If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up."
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"I never play without my cape."
Bela Lugosi
"I never play without my cape."
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"I don't play the tuba."
Lenny Kravitz
"I don't play the tuba."
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"All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in."
Max Weinberg
"All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in."
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"Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang."
Ronnie Hawkins
"Wherever there are rock 'n' rollers, we'll play. That's what we've been doing for more than 30 years - rock 'n' roll. It's made me everything from an honorary mayor to honorary member of a motorcycle gang."
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"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."
Bela Lugosi
"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."
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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 never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from."
Billy Joel
"I never said I wasn't going to play any more. I don't know where that came from."
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"Of course, we didn't survive to play all the way through the '90s, so I can say that - as I said, everybody in the band was aware of this, and we trying to figure out ways to make it different."
Phil Lesh
"Of course, we didn't survive to play all the way through the '90s, so I can say that - as I said, everybody in the band was aware of this, and we trying to figure out ways to make it different."
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"I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated."
James Brown
"I'm not going to be joining ZZ Top. You know they can't play my stuff. It's too complicated."
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"I get to play a killer next."
Skeet Ulrich
"I get to play a killer next."
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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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"You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it's O.K., but not so!"
Jerome Richardson
"You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it's O.K., but not so!"
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"So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll."
Gavin DeGraw
"So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll."
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"Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only."
Ritchie Blackmore
"Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only."
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"I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working."
Donald Sutherland
"I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working."
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"I don't know how it would play out it the long run, if I were go to series with the story, I don't know. I just miss Peter so much on a personal level, that's about what I can say. He's my buddy and I wish he were around."
Andreas Katsulas
"I don't know how it would play out it the long run, if I were go to series with the story, I don't know. I just miss Peter so much on a personal level, that's about what I can say. He's my buddy and I wish he were around."
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"There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find it."
Shirley Booth
"There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find it."
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"As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites."
August Wilson
"As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites."
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"I never saw the play, although I heard it was good."
Joseph Force Crater
"I never saw the play, although I heard it was good."
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