Playing Quotes

Anyone playing with you is going to change where your direction is.

If I'm playing in the morning, I'll get some carbs early: porridge with chopped banana. If I'm playing in the afternoon, I'll start with less carbs and have some eggs and fruit for breakfast, then a light lunch about 90 minutes before I play, so I don't feel sluggish or full.

I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

It's important that athletes can compete on a level playing field. And youngsters coming into the sport can know that if they are working hard and training hard, they'll see a true reflection of where they stand and what they can achieve worldwide and not be swayed by people who are cheating.

If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.

I don't mind playing absolute bastards... I just don't want to play the grouch.

I have nothing to lose and think that it's a positive thing that I am young and playing on a good level.

When I left the band I said Look, I am ready to move on. I was interested in playing with some of the other people that I had bee a studio musician with.

I was always playing the Hammond Organ back to front even during the days of the Nice, going back to 1968. Really what I was doing there, was choosing notes at random and trying to make some sense of them, improvising back to front.

I don't want people losing respect for me as a player. I want to go out in every game and perform to the highest level. I have no retirement plans. I've had a lot of injuries but I want to continue playing.

My definition of winning at squash is playing and surviving, and I've never lost a match.

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.

I am relying on the theory that playing golf is just like riding a bike and that I haven't forgotten how.

I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve.

It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous. He's flamboyant. He does the unexpected.

I started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five.

All I can say is, hey, if you have fun doing what you do, if you have fun playing soccer, the creativity is just going to come as time goes on.

I'm tired of playing the brat.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

I have no shortage of material or offers, it's just a case of what you select to do. But I think it's realistic that my chances of playing Romeo are now over.

Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.

I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some of the clubs in New YorkI felt that jazz should be presented in a more prestigious atmosphere.

I'm a natural piano player. So all the practicing I do at this point is in my head. If I don't play for a year, my chops aren't going to get any worse. I've spent my time playing scales, and I don't necessarily want to play any faster than I play. So everything I do at this point is more philosophical.

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.

Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.

I was playing with steel picks on a steel guitar, and there was no amplification needed.