Play Quotes

I did play every little note on the guitar on that record.

You know, I don't only play for the record books.

In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues.

I have started to record some demos so hopefully in the near future I can play live.

There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things.

I want people to recognize Luther Allison when I play.

It would have been a lot of fun as a receiver to play.

James Brown is the reason I play guitar.

I play into the perception of me, but it's not really me.

But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.

When I joined the band, being that I was going to take this up as a profession, I realized that there were no two finer guitar players in the world that I'd rather play with.

But I've come to the point in my evolution on the instrument where I realize that I can't play the same stuff that just a guitar player or organ player would play - and I need to embrace that in a big way.

Television is where the best work for women is right now. I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.

However, most of my part, I play a pediatrician, and most of my role had to do with being in another place, staying at the hospital and trying to save kids and stay until people could come. So, it was more based on reality.

When I first started acting, I had all these ideals about the kinds of roles I wanted to play, but the reality is that when you do television - and I do a lot of television - you get cast for qualities that you have as a person. So I look for qualities that I like to portray.

I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator.

I've never wanted to play bank managers and real people particularly.

I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey.

Until you play it, St. Andrews looks like the sort of real estate you couldn't give away.

In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.

If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.

Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and improvising.

I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.

I have always loved the process of making the music, reading the letters from the fans who get married to my music, have children to my music and play my music at their funerals.

Macbeth was the first play I ever read.

If I could read it, I could play it.

I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to make me play better.

Play reaches the habits most needed for intellectual growth.

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

Golf was my first glimpse of comedy. I was a caddy when I was a kid. I was on the golf course rather than being in lessons, but I can play better now than I could then.