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"Lyricists play with words."
Paul McCartney
"Lyricists play with words."
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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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"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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"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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"I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition."
Dizzy Gillespie
"I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition."
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"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
"It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you."
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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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"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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"I don't play the tuba."
Lenny Kravitz
"I don't play the tuba."
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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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"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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"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, 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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"Whoever wants to understand much must play much."
Gottfried Benn
"Whoever wants to understand much must play much."
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"The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met."
Chet Baker
"The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met."
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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 don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa."
Keith David
"I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa."
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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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"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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"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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"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 have to like the characters you play."
Ted McGinley
"You have to like the characters you play."
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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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"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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"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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"I never practice; I always play."
Wanda Landowska
"I never practice; I always play."
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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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"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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"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."
Rick Riordan
"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."
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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 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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"And he calls it playing? Like, whatever happened to chess? Or cards? Or tag?"
Cherise Sinclair
"And he calls it playing? Like, whatever happened to chess? Or cards? Or tag?"
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Check my riddle, and I'll let you play my fiddle."
Zack Love
"Check my riddle, and I'll let you play my fiddle."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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