Playing Quotes
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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.
Marianne Williamson
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I love playing rock music, man. You give me a guitar in my hands, and I go out there, and, for me, it's like...you know, some dudes like hunting, fishing, going out and playing ball in the backyard with their buddies on a rainy day. I like being out with my buddies playing rock guitar. That's what I love to do.
Robby Takac
Goo Goo Dolls
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That was something to behold -- it was another level. At halftime we were disturbed about the way we were playing. We came out, and Kobe just found a way to do everything.
Phil Jackson
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After Hurricane Sandy, my family and I stayed in our apartment in lower Manhattan before things normalized. We're lucky enough to live on a bit of high ground, so we weren't flooded... but it was intense. Since there was no light, water, or electricity, I spent a lot of time playing acoustic guitar in the evenings.
Lee Ranaldo
Sonic Youth
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Playing with Ozzy was a dream come true.
Robert Trujillo
Metallica
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(The fielders are) just sitting out there playing jacks on the carpet, and the next thing you know the ball gets hit to them, and they can't get to it because you've put them to sleep.
Joe Mays
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Playing in the Neurotic Outsiders with John Taylor was great. A lot of pussy every time we played a gig. So many chicks. It was, like, 'Wow, John, really? So this is what it was like, huh?' And there would be like a couple guys with mohawks and a guy with, like, a jean jacket coming in to see me and Jonesy!
Duff McKagan
Guns N' Roses
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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.
Alan Hansen
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The greatness of a musician is measured by the degree of fanaticism he brings to his playing.
Daniel Barenboim
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We did our best the last couple of weeks, we really put on a push. But the teams ahead of us were also playing playoff hockey.
Luke Richardson
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For me, drum elements are like hieroglyphics - I think of a certain physical figure, and a little three-dimensional glyph will appear in my mind as I'm playing.
Neil Peart
Rush
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I remember playing the Royal Albert Hall, and a guy would say, 'Ten minutes to stage time,' and I'd get so nervous.
Mike Joyce
Buzzcocks