Playing Quotes

I could always flip between emotions and be available to suddenly do something new. I think it's a part of playing, and you hang onto it when you're a kid.

I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.

I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.

It's a werewolf movie with Christina Ricci, and it was a chance to work with some good people. But playing yourself is always fairly risky because you gotta watch how you goof on yourself.

As much as we love playing the small clubs, we'd really like to get ourselves in front of a larger audience. I'm not talking about arenas or anything, but nice theaters and larger clubs.

It's fun to play mom. Last I knew I was playing a 17-year-old who graduated.

There is nothing like playing for the team you grew up rooting for.

There are hundreds of Beckhams playing football all over the world.

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues and jazz players. I liked Clapton when he was with John Mayall. I really liked that period.

Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.

The big advantage to playing the Venetian in Las Vegas - where it's a beautiful theater - is that unlike other places, even many other nice venues, I can do a set and lighting cues, I can put on a real show. I can dress up, wear a tux.

I played for anybody and everybody from the time I started playing guitar, when I was 10 or 11.

With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want to come off like white kids trying to play black music from 100 years ago so a great way to distract them was by dressing in red, white and black.

Tennis lets you talk while you're playing.

When I was recording from '70 to '82, I always played piano and laid the tracks down. But I used to talk to the other musicians while the track was playing.

There's nothing more fun than sitting in a circle playing with people who are really into it.

But I have returned to one hundred percent playing this year. I am fully back to playing full time.

With Zeppelin, I tried to play something different every night in my solos. I'd play for 20 minutes but the longest ever was 30 minutes. It's a long time, but whenI was playing it seemed to fly by.

I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.

I got my first trumpet when I was six years old, from Al Hirt. My father was playing in Al Hirt's band at that time.

Maybe if they start playing new rock bands videos, then maybe but there is no point in a guy like me spending 250 grand for a video that no one is ever going to see.

It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.

I couldn't imagine playing someone young now; it would be so boring.

Paul persuaded me to join the band. I would never have had the courage otherwise. It was fun at the beginning. We were playing just for fun, with Paul's group.

I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock.

It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.

Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.

If I could have come in for $10m, I would have done that. I've been pretty smart with my money. I'm playing because I want to play this game here - I want the opportunity.

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys.