Play Quotes
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My solo playing utilizes the deployment of suggestive psychic rhythms. I'll state these throughout a given piece and play thematic improvisations on top of that. I like to suggest that rhythmic movement without always playing it. I like to create openings that I can step into.
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In the long run, you have to have patience and integrity and a plan. You can't compromise your vision. I'm a bit of a control freak, brutal when it comes to my art because I believe it's the best way of doing it, for me. My stubbornness has given us the chance to play in some amazing places that most people never would have been allowed to play in. If I don't put a value on my work, then nobody else is going to.
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When I started out, I wanted to be the kind of artist who could play the CMA Music Festival and then turn around and play Bonnaroo, and I've managed to do both.
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I knew what I was getting into when I chose golf. Hell, I knew I'd never get rich and famous. All the discrimination, the not being able to play where I deserved and wanted to play - in the end, I didn't give a damn. I was made for a tough life because I'm a tough man. And in the end, I won: I got a lot of black people playing golf.
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It's always good to play tennis with a better player to bring out the best in you.
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Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical.
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To get to play someone who was in some capacity the King of Harlem, that meant something to me. Deep within my bones. I was inspired by the energy that I knew to be a real thing.
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I never substitute just to substitute. I play my regulars. The only way a guy gets off the floor is if he dies.
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I love to play tennis. I play a lot in the summer. I'm not a big golfer; I need something a bit more intense.
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A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between work and play.
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I do play the guitar, and I can sing, but just enough to carry a tune.
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You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play.
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When an actor decides to play a character, he must exude some sort of charisma and look relatable, even if he is playing the role of a really unattractive person.
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You don’t think when you play music, you just try to play and be in it. It is the same for me when the writing is going really well. It’s the same kind of feeling. I’m just in it. It’s not the words, it’s not the sentences, I’m not aware of it. Then it’s good.
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I think if we stay healthy, we've got a chance to play in that game. Because we have under 30 kids, they have to stay hungry.
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Like I always tell people, I don't pander to any audience, but you have to play to your audience.
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It's much harder to play myself. If I ever do a movie again, it'll be a singing serial killer.
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I'm here to play different characters.
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And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
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I like to play with tropes.
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When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'
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I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.
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I was never good at hide and seek because I'd always make enough noise so my friends would be sure to find me. I don't have anyone to play those games with any more, but now and then I make enough noise just in case someone is still looking and hasn't found me yet.
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So I just play the character, I play the lines.
