Playing Quotes

• I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.

  

  George Herbert Palmer
  • Win
  • Games
  • Playing

• I started out playing guitar because Jimi Hendrix was my hero, so my roots were really based on Jimi Hendrix and his style of playing.

  

  Joe Satriani Chickenfoot
  • Playing
  • Guitar

• You look at William Powell in 'My Man Godfrey' and he's a butler in that and he's very dapper. He's a very refined gentleman. I liked playing around with that, with the good posture and a style, a panache, and a way of moving about the room.

  

  Evan Peters
  • Style
  • Gentleman
  • Butler

• Its easy to say that because we have been winning. Obviously we have been playing good enough defense to win basketball games, but we still need to get better.

  

  Allen Iverson
  • Good
  • Winning
  • Games

• I was admired by all these hippies, and it was wonderful playing at Monterey and Woodstock, performing for half a million people.

  

  Ravi Shankar
  • People
  • Performing
  • Hippies

• Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together.

  

  Josh Silver
  • Band
  • Playing
  • Album

• Everything up to and including Unknown Pleasures really existed only when the four of us were in a room together playing it. Not written down, not recorded, just from memory.

  

  Peter Hook New Order
  • Playing
  • Memory
  • Pleasures

• One side sticks to the facts, and the other side is close to playing with its poop.

  

  Keith Olbermann
  • Facts
  • Playing

• Music is more Ray J. When you act, you're playing a different person. I like the music end, basically because it's me.

  

  Ray J
  • Music
  • Playing
  • Act

• One of the best years of my life was the very last one of my career. Playing for Rangers was my dream and it meant everything to my family.

  

  Andy Gray
  • Dream
  • Playing
  • Rangers

• I think the height of ridiculousness was when I was playing Elizabeth in 'The Golden Age' while preparing to start shooting 'I'm Not There.' I literally finished filming Elizabethan grandeur on Friday, flew to Montreal, and started being Bob Dylan on Monday.

  

  Cate Blanchett
  • Ridiculousness
  • Elizabeth
  • The Golden Age

• When you take on the idea of playing someone like Jimmy Bulger, it's a radically different process because you're going into make-up. The only way you can do it is to come out of make-up looking like the guy. If you don't look like the guy, it's going to bug you, all day.

  

  Johnny Depp
  • Idea
  • Playing
  • Jimmy Bulger

• In India, at the community level, young men are playing an absolutely essential role in changing the cultural norms and deeply held practices concerning women. They are doing this in a way that not only empowers women and girls, but really empowers the young men as well.

  

  Melanne Verveer
  • Women
  • Community
  • Level

• Towards the end of 'Dark Shadows,' the sets are cracking and bleeding, but so is Angelique. The fact that she breaks apart physically as well as mentally lends an added dimension, and I just loved playing that.

  

  Eva Green
  • Loved
  • Bleeding
  • Dimension

• I'm finally my dad's favourite because Kevin Costner is playing him.

  

  Molly Bloom
  • Because
  • Favourite
  • Costner

• Festivals are weird, you never know what to expect so it's a bit more nerve wracking then playing your own show.

  

  Frank Iero My Chemical Romance
  • Show
  • Expect
  • Festivals

• I'd bet Sony has some similar stuff up their sleeves they're just playing on the internet outrage for free PR. You're all being played!

  

  Cliff Bleszinski
  • Internet
  • Playing
  • Sony

• I'm disappointed with myself. I went on to the (NHLPA) website where there's the (absentee-ballot) form to download and fill out. I was all ready to do it, but I missed the (deadline). I feel for the guys playing down in the States. Down there, you get no news about Canada.

  

  Andrew Ference
  • Playing
  • Form
  • Missed

• The disparity between being a 10-year-old boy playing air guitar, wishing I was a rock star, and the reality of the whole thing is insane. A girl will throw her bra onstage, and I say to myself, if I was the guy that pumped your gas today, would you throw your bra at me?

  

  Johnny Rzeznik Goo Goo Dolls
  • Boy
  • Rock Star
  • Air guitar

• I like Higuain very much, but unfortunately, he isn't contributing the way he does in Europe. He's playing very well for Juve and is in the running for a lot of trophies, but if he needs a rest, then why not give Icardi a chance?

  

  Gabriel Batistuta
  • Chance
  • Higuain
  • Juve

• I'm tired of playing freaking cha-chas, the sassy CIA agent, the best friend homegirl. I'm tired of that!

  

  Melonie Diaz
  • Friend
  • Sassy
  • Agent

• All I set out to do was to earn a living playing drums, you know? And as luck would have it, I've surpassed that.

  

  Phil Collins Genesis
  • Playing
  • Living
  • Drums

• This is slightly stripped back groover. I really enjoy playing tracks that have a slight old school feel but modern production. I pitched down my own voice for the ‘Input-Output” hook and built a groove around it. The track reminds me a little of my track “Get It Done’ and is simple and effective.

  

  Christian Smith
  • Enjoy
  • Modern
  • Production

• Playing the Cretan with the Cretans (i.e. lying to liars).

  

  Plutarch
  • Playing
  • Liars
  • Cretan

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