Playing Quotes
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It takes about a year to write an opera for me, but not a really a year of writing. I'm touring at the same time, and I'm playing, sometimes doing smaller projects.[The opera] Akhnaten fits in with Gandhi and Einstein, so that forms a trilogy in a way.I picked people who were these kind of larger than life characters, who kind of changed the world they lived in by almost the force of their personality and their inventiveness. People that I think not only do I admire but I think they're admirable people.
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Quite frankly, I don't miss standing in the box or standing on the field playing.
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It's hard to encapsulate my inspiration because there are so many different looks, but I think it's just like, sexy girl you see walking down the street in a cool outfit. A lot of eyelet, a lot of leather, playing with the hard and the soft, the good and bad inside of us all.
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When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.
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I still get excited about it. I miss playing ball.
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I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most.
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I live with the fact that while I am playing, I am going to give everything I have, and I will live with those consequences.
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I'm by no means a pianist. I think that's safe to say, but the piano, for me, I would say it's the enabler. It gave me what I needed and gives me what I need in order to write a song. And I think playing or improvising on the piano is where I feel most liberated and sort of less conscious of all my insecurities or inadequacies.
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The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing.
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You playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won't feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.
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If there's beer flying at us, it's all good, brother. We started playing tiny redneck bars up in northern Canada where there's tons of beer flying and wire cage protecting the band and all sorts of stuff. So we're down with the party.
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I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.
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I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi.
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People ask me who he reminds me of. The way he's playing, I'd say he doesn't remind me of anybody. I've never seen anybody – running back, quarterback, wide receiver – make the plays that Vince Young made today.
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I am not playing for any lobby. I am playing for national lobby. I will ignore lobby. Anybody has useful suggestion, they can give it to me. The history will speak about it.
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I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.
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I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.
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I'm not playing with death, I'm playing with life.
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Let's stop playing with ourselves and get on with the entertainment, shall we?
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I'm the biggest Blackhawks fan ever. I've been going to games since I was 6 years old.
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To get your playing more forceful, hit the drums harder.
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Playing live is one thing. Playing under a microscope is another.
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If the Cowboys and Titans ain't playing, I'm not interested.
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I knew 'Almost Famous' wasn't playing in theaters at that long length. And really, it wasn't one of those terrible squabbles that you read about, where people want to change their name or anything. Our toughest discussion was, did Kate Hudson dance too long? It wasn't that big of a deal.
