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I tell my students, 'It's an important tradition and you have to go back and hear this music and learn its language all the…

— Jackie McLean

I studiously avoid any academic dissections of the play and any kind of previous experience of playing. For me, it's all in the play.

— Glenda Jackson

I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good…

— Matt Cameron

When you set out to carry on a tradition as deep rooted as folk music is, you've got to have your story together. You've…

— Brian Fallon

If you're playing in a tradition and you have no reference point to it, no understanding and have not studied it, I can't respect…

— Rosanne Cash

I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding…

— Chely Wright

When the play is still evolving I try to be at rehearsal as often as possible, and part of that casting process. You find…

— Lynn Nottage

My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me. I finally…

— David Henry Hwang

It's important for me to really play with the traditions and keep things simple and easy. Ultimately I believe in animal instincts - I…

— Peter Dundas

By being able to play different styles I can get more work. I also learn so much from each of those experiences. It keeps…

— Monte Pittman

A good play can teach so much about culture. One can also improvise a lot with the medium and use it to teach kids.

— Himani Shivpuri

To me, getting notes, honing the part, and refining the role is the real fun of the play.

— Swoosie Kurtz