Playing Quotes

There's nobody else on the face of this earth that's playing a sport at a highest level... with a transplant. That alone continues to inspire me, because I realize throughout the whole world the struggles that people are going through. I need to inspire them the best way I can.

I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing on Water.

I've also always known that I wouldn't be playing for the N.B.A.

I have a problem with objectifying women, but I don't have a problem playing a guy who objectifies women.

Playing for England was one long roller-coaster: some ups and downs, but also quite a few moments when you're not really sure if you're enjoying the ride.

When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances.

I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job.

I talk by playing, not by words.

I like playing music because it's a good living and I get satisfaction from it. But I can't feed my family with satisfaction.

I'm not playing to prove anything to anybody.

Whenever you face a man who's playing your instrument, there's a competition.

I wish there was a bar I could send opposing teams to and get them hammered or something - I could tell my buddies in New York to leave their places open or something. Playing for the Yankees, guys come at you extremely hard. I have to be ready or I'll be embarrassed.

Look up the word role in the dictionary and you'll see it means playing a part. That's why I call myself a real model.

Musicians playing together, it's a conversation, and ideally I want our conversation to be really intriguing and interesting and beautiful.

When I was in Birmingham I used to go to a place called Redwood Field. I used to get there for a two o'clock game. Where can you make this kind of money playing sports? It was just a pleasure to go out and enjoy myself and get paid for it.

Playing sick. That is so hard to do. It has to be a total mental challenge, as well as the physical challenge.

The parts I enjoy playing aren't really available to me. So I have to write them.

I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and let myself come through.

I always say that when I'm playing well, no one can beat me. I'm not just saying that to sound full of myself or anything, but it's true.

I love playing this game and every spring training feels like the first.

I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy.

Just because I believed in what I was doing on the field and dedicated myself to playing the game, does that mean I'm cocky? Does that mean I'm arrogant?

We listened to a lot of Rolling Stones and Beatles records when we were recording. They were really good at not playing loud, but generating really big sounds out of everything.

I'm prepared to spend the rest of my life playing clubs, if that means I'm playing music that I believe in.

The thing with playing live is, most of the audience is in their 20s and 30s. If you're older than that, you don't tend to go out to shows anymore. So it's good if you can attract a younger audience because they've got the energy to get up off the sofa and go out.

I got this Jesus tattoo on my wrist when I was 18 because I know that it's always going to be a part of me. When I'm playing, it's staring right back at me, saying, 'Remember where you came from.'

In fact, I had to make an enormous adjustment to this, not only in listening to it but in playing with it. It's a full sound. In some instances, you must have the volume to get the effect.

God is playing my guitar, I am with God when I play.

I sometimes feel like I could do another job. Anything. Maybe because as an actress you're playing different characters, everything feels possible.