Playing Quotes

The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about great guitar playing it's really about entertainment.

Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.

You can't imagine what it's like playing to people who have been loyal to you for 25 years and haven't seen you for 15.

I like to be sort of grounded with Fish. But, at the same time, I think probably what's unique about us is the way other dynamics happen, where I'll play off Trey for awhile. When we start playing a jam, I don't usually know what's going to happen, I don't have a plan.

It's like kids playing house: 'You play the father, I'll play the mother.' You know, you dress up, you play, they pay, you go home. It's a game - acting's a game.

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.

In a certain sense, aspects of my solo playing were developed in order to test the theory about how long particular elements could be, as parts of so-called free improvisations.

We are excited about the music, past and present and future, and are really looking forward to playing.

We're playing strip billiards.

I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.

Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys.

I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale.

For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold.

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.

Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.

Even if I'm playing a superhero, it has to be steeped in reality.

If you've been playing for a few years, especially in a group context, you'll see if you have the ability or the passion to want to carry on. It's something that you have to be dedicated to and you've got to love, no matter what happens.

The music we're playing now is based on my heritage, which is Russian, Romanian and Hungarian.

I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.

I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.

The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly.

I really do not think about 'Oh, right now I have to defend those points and this title.' I just really want to enjoy playing on the court, in front of the fans.

Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it.

We always have a good time playing, and I'm glad it shows.

If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.

Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.

I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

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.