Playing Quotes

I'm aware if I'm playing at my best I'm tough to beat. And I enjoy that.

There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out of it by deliberately getting in trouble and playing yourself into a corner to then see if you can get out of it.

Playing the role of Christ was like being in a prison. It was the hardest part I've ever had to play in my life. I couldn't smoke or drink in public. I couldn't.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.

I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.'

I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

But without the experience of actually singing or playing these things yourself, you don't have the same kind of involvement or understanding of what these musical moves mean. And that is a very big problem in addressing the future of music.

What I loved about playing the corpse is that obviously somebody else got to do the physical part. It appeals to the part of me that likes playing character parts and getting the chance to get away from my own physicality.

Rock and roll is a contact sport. I enjoy playing the tunes that really get the people going.

Canada has always been a strong supporter of China's accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete China's accession.

But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.

They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn't seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.

Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes.

You're in front of an audience, but you're playing for a camera. There's this huge adrenaline rush, because you know that besides the audience in the studio, there are millions of people watching at home.

It's a pleasure playing your big hit records and it's a real joy to see the audience.

I consider the piano my 'main' instrument and have been playing for as long as I can remember. It seems to me that I might have come up with something resembling a song as early as 4 or 5 years old.

When did I know I had talent? I think it started when I first started playing sports, organized sports.

I get super bored playing bland, normal girls.

In a way it costs thousands dollars before you could actually go out to put the show on because you'll need equipments, all the lights you know, and that's more just going out and playing you know.

If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.

I want to thank all of the fans and media who made playing in the NFL such a wonderful experience. I have had the pleasure of meeting many of them.

I don't mind playing the same character, but if it's not well done, then I'm not interested.

Before you lay a foundation on the cricket field, there should be a solid foundation in your heart and you start building on that. After that as you start playing more and more matches, you learn how to score runs and how to take wickets.

If the Cowboys and Titans ain't playing, I'm not interested.

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots.

For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.

I have times when I doubt what I'm doing. When those moments hit, I think about how grateful I am to be able to do what I do every day. It was harder when I started because I didn't see the response, but now I'm out there playing for people and seeing them happy, which makes it all worthwhile.