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"We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals."
John Entwistle
"We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals."
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"When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly."
Frankie Avalon
"When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly."
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"When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is worse than you, then you go down."
Ruggiero Ricci
"When you can hear a violinist, that is better than you, then you learn from him, because if you play with somebody who is worse than you, then you go down."
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"If that's the way the game is played, I don't want to play anymore."
Joyce DeWitt
"If that's the way the game is played, I don't want to play anymore."
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"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."
Devon Sawa
"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."
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"I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech."
Tina Weymouth
"I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech."
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"I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play."
Coleman Hawkins
"I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play."
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"The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation."
Brian Eno
"The reason I don't tour is that I don't know how to front a band. What would I do? I can't really play anything well enough to deal with that situation."
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"I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it's going to be about a piano, but that's it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along."
August Wilson
"I know some things when I start. I know, let's say, that the play is going to be a 1970s or a 1930s play, and it's going to be about a piano, but that's it. I slowly discover who the characters are as I go along."
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"I understand your new play is full of single entendres."
George S. Kaufman
"I understand your new play is full of single entendres."
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"I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version."
Billy Corgan
"I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version."
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"Lyricists play with words."
Paul McCartney
"Lyricists play with words."
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"I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing."
John Otto
"I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing."
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"I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else."
Sam J. Jones
"I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else."
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"I was jumping out of my skin. It was horrible. I was all over the place, because I'd never been in front of a live audience. That's a whole other element in the play, the audience."
Lorraine Bracco
"I was jumping out of my skin. It was horrible. I was all over the place, because I'd never been in front of a live audience. That's a whole other element in the play, the audience."
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"The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play."
Will Wright
"The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play."
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"I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast."
Brian May
"I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast."
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"I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way she phrased it, I still don't know if she had actually seen me play her. She made it sound like it was good, but that's just a gift they have."
Ana Gasteyer
"I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way she phrased it, I still don't know if she had actually seen me play her. She made it sound like it was good, but that's just a gift they have."
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"If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards."
Joe Pass
"If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards."
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"Whoever wants to understand much must play much."
Gottfried Benn
"Whoever wants to understand much must play much."
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"Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house."
Gavin Rossdale
"Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house."
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"We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that."
Jeff Ament
"We just finished making a record. Everybody wants to play shows, so we're going to after that."
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"I think I started out trying to be very objective about the flow of the play."
James Rado
"I think I started out trying to be very objective about the flow of the play."
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"You have to like the characters you play."
Ted McGinley
"You have to like the characters you play."
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"I never practice; I always play."
Wanda Landowska
"I never practice; I always play."
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"I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do."
Ednita Nazario
"I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do."
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"If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am."
Peter Sellers
"If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am."
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"Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band."
Gene Simmons
"Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band."
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"I was invited to a couple of races, but I was doing a play in New York."
Josh Brolin
"I was invited to a couple of races, but I was doing a play in New York."
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"Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice."
Phil Lesh
"Yes, Pluton, actually, in the play. And I play him in my most stentorian voice."
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"Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well."
David Ives
"Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well."
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"There's another girl who was going to play Hilary Faye and luckily she wound up not doing it."
Heather Matarazzo
"There's another girl who was going to play Hilary Faye and luckily she wound up not doing it."
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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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"He's not a child but he's childlike, he's not a grown up, he's not a kid, maybe he sounds like an elf on helium, we'll play with it."
Tom Kenny
"He's not a child but he's childlike, he's not a grown up, he's not a kid, maybe he sounds like an elf on helium, we'll play with it."
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"How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to."
Emanuel Ax
"How wonderful it is to play with someone you feel very close to."
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"I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve."
Xavier Cugat
"I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve."
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"We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage."
Keith Jarrett
"We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage."
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"Let's chew on the chewables!"
Pawan Mishra
"Let's chew on the chewables!"
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"Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go."
Carew Papritz
"Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go."
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"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"
Richelle E. Goodrich
"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"
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"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."
Hermann Hesse
"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."
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"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her."
Michel de Montaigne
"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her."
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"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."
Rachel Caine
"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."
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