Play Quotes · Page 181

I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.

— Steve Lacy

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people who turned you on and you love.

— Herbie Mann

I would love to play the villain, but again, it sort of what happens in this industry.

— Joe Morton

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

— Helen Hayes

Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house.

— Gavin Rossdale

The character of Johnny Drama was a lot of fun to play.

— Kevin Dillon

When I'm shooting films, I write and play music when I come home.

— Violante Placido

Most times, life or death is the highest stake a person can play for.

— Jim Starlin

There's been so many times when I've heard people not pulling for me. So I just play and try not to think…

— Greg Oden

In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to…

— David Geffen

Those of us who make movies play with perception and reality; those who watch our films are responsible for making sense of…

— Sebastian Lelio

In 'Solo,' I play a girl, who is full of life. Since it is a bilingual, the character has two names in…

— Neha Sharma

What really ticks me off is how the public figures you automatically become the roles you play. What most people never see…

— Catherine Oxenberg

I've always had to do things my way; I play guitar my way; I've taken myself to the edges of life my…

— Slash

If you always train on your own it is quite hard for the head but if you are back with the team…

— Joel Matip

To play this iconic character from this historically wonderful series of books - who wouldn't take that opportunity and be happy about…

— Kristian Nairn

I have known Hillary Clinton for 25 years. I remember her, as you do, as a great first lady who broke precedent…

— Bernie Sanders

Even when we tell kids to go play, what do the kids do? They come up with a set of constraints and…

— Ian Bogost

I wanted to be an actor and I wanted to be a performer. Like Hugh [Grant] said earlier, we might all have…

— Mandy Moore

Do you ever do that thing where you lie in bed and you can't sleep so you end up writing out recent…

— Nick Hornby

I believe the religion of Christ covers the whole man. Why shouldn't a man play baseball or lawn-tennis? ... Don't imagine that…

— Dwight L. Moody

We [with Nimai Larson] listened to hardly any music except Hare Krishna music growing up and the occasional Garth Brooks that our…

— Taraka Larson

Some parts stay with me for weeks afterward. It's these people that I play. They get under my skin, and I just…

— Cloris Leachman

Look, I'm very much in favor of tax cuts, but not with borrowed money. And the problem that we've gotten into in…

— Alan Greenspan

If you're having trouble waking up for fajr, set your alarm to play Quran. It works!

— Yasmin Mogahed

Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.

— Michael Gambon

I was skinny and black and didn't play sports. And I was bullied.

— Ashton Sanders

All 'Hamlets' are different, and it's the most overwritten play ever written.

— Martin Landau

I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.

— Mitch Hedberg

I feel like when I play, I play tough. That's the New York in me. That's the street tournaments.

— Joakim Noah

I'd hate to play someone who's morally correct all the time.

— Jacob Elordi

I don't think you should ever take life so serious that you forget to play.

— Taylor Swift

It is a law of nature that everybody plays a hole badly when playing through.

— Bernard Darwin

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice.

— Stan Getz

I'm just trying, honestly, to play the game as the game comes to me.

— Danilo Gallinari

It is impossible to train and play without spitting.

— Rui Patricio

Messi is the best player ever. And this is said by someone who has seen Maradona and Pele play.

— Adriano Galliani

The ability to play with different people is infinitely fascinating to me.

— Mark Lanegan

It was kind of a prodding myself to play I Walk The Line straight.

— Johnny Cash

As a kid, I just always learned that if you want to be the best, you have to play against the best.

— Christian Pulisic