Quotes of: Play-music Keyword

So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a brand new writer who had never done anything in the theater before.

Trevor Nunn

With the White Stripes we were trying to trick people into not realising we were playing the blues. We did not want to come off like white kids trying to play black music from 100 years ago so a great way to distract them was by dressing in red, whit...

Jack White

Maude: That was fun! Let's play something together. Harold: I don't play anything. Maude: Nothing? Dear me, everybody should be able to make some music. That's the cosmic dance.

Harold and Maude

I've always wanted to be a DJ so I could play the music I love for other people. That feeling hasn't changed, but my sets are always evolving. In terms of tailoring to a specific crowd, certainly I do play differently depending on the situation. It's...

Tiesto

For me, playing music while I write is important. Several of the romantic scenes in 'Paris' were written with Debussy's 'String Quartet,' his 'L'Apres-midi d'une Faune,' or Canteloube's 'Songs of the Auvergne' playing in the background.

Edward Rutherfurd

The same music is playing on the radio in San Francisco, New York, Washington DC and Annapolis. Everywhere you go there's the same artists and same songs by them, over and over again. At some stations they play the same songs 50 to 60 times a week.

John Hall

Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to play music that I liked, and even when I was in cover bands when I was a teenager we only played cover tunes that we liked. That was the simple morality that I grew up with.

Neil Peart

It's an often-asked question, 'Why did all these spotty white English boys suddenly start playing blues in the '60s?' It was recognized as this kind of vibrant music and when I first started playing in a blues band I just wanted to bring it to a wide...

Steve Winwood

Your violin has only two strings,” I say. “You’re missing the other two.” Yes, he says. He’s well aware. “All I want to do is play music, and the crisis I’m having is right here. This one’s gone,” he says of the missing top string, ...

The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music

I finally found him sitting on his balcony. He was leaning back against the wall with his eyes closed. Soft music played, and a cool ocean breeze blew back my hair as I stepped on to the balcony and inhaled the scent of the sea. "May I join you?" I a...

Tiger's Destiny

Playing music is the best thing in the world. It makes show business almost bearable.

David Johansen

There is music you never hear unless you play it yourself.

Marty Rubin

Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.

Lykke Li

I still have all the faith and love for my music and yet I'm still playing places for kids.

Juliana Hatfield

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

Graham Nash

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

Lynn Johnston

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.

Alex Ebert

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

Adam Rich

I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.

Brody Armstrong

If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.

Billy Higgins

People who play conventional music are threatened by electronica and don't consider it to be as valuable as what they do.

Bill Laswell