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In the 80s, in the cover band I was in, we'd slip in original material. If you didn't say anything about it, people just didn't… — Andy Wilkinson
Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some things need to… — Andy Wilkinson
So I realized when I was successful in a piece, it was because I didn't abandon a notion early on what it ought to be,… — Andy Wilkinson
Songwriting can be cathartic, but then you just keep it private. If you're going to play out and have other people listen to you, then… — Patterson Hood
The music has to come from bluegrass first. We always said back in the 70s that if you want to play newgrass you have to… — Sam Bush
I have learned that there lies dormant in the souls of all men a penchant for some particular musical instrument an an unsuspected yearning to… — Mark Twain
I can only be me. I do what I do, I'm not a jazz player. ... I don't play jazz standards, at least not in… — Jorma Kaukonen
The maplewood flat-finished Martin had represented the most outrageous luxury in her life when she bought it in 1971 for four hundred dollars. But Lonnie… — Dan Jenkins
You've got to have fun playing. It bothers me when players don't seem to be enjoying themselves, even when they play an incredible improvisation. — Unknown Author
Maybe it's wishful thinking, this snaggly faith of mine, or maybe it's Miles Davis saying, Don't play what's there, play what's not there. — Anne Lamott
To me, getting up every single night and trying to reach out to an audience, and trying to dig deeper and further in the play… — Kevin Spacey
Interesting little game we play with each other. — Guy Clark
I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve. — Unknown Author
We were on a tour, and there were some chord formations that were tough for me to play when I was a kid...it had become… — Jorma Kaukonen
I started with the chorus of that song, kind of like a fun bouncy thing to play, and then one of the lines popped up:… — Jorma Kaukonen
The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas. — Eric Hoffer
Play is the work of the child. — Maria Montessori
I don't want you to play me a riff that's going to impress Joe Satriani; give me a riff that makes a kid want to… — Ozzy Osbourne
But where only a free play of our presentational powers is to be sustained as in the case of pleasure gardens, room decoration, all sorts… — Immanuel Kant
We've always just gotten up there and played. We don't have any dancers, we don't have all that stuff going on, we just get up… — Lenny Kravitz
The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are… — Oscar Peterson
Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.… — Oscar Peterson
Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre… — Jacques Vallee
Shaw writes plays for the ages, the ages between five and twelve. — George Jean Nathan
Beneath the seemingly rational exterior of our lives is a fear of insanity. We dare not question the values by which we live or rebel… — Alexander Lowen

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