#laying

Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation. ↗

— Doc Severinsen

#classical #enhance #foundation #i #i think

I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get. ↗

— Andre Agassi

#appreciate #career #different #get #greatest

I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is. ↗

— Bea Arthur

#being myself #hell #i #myself #playing

I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy. ↗

— Bea Arthur

#being #being honest #comedy #creatures #honest

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it? ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#court #depended #life #paid #playing

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#bomb #button #dragon #man #poet

In my spare time I like watching TV, laying on the couch, just chillin'. ↗

— Casey Abrams

#i #just #laying #like #spare

Essentially, I'm untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing. ↗

— Christian Bale

#go #going #i #i can #imagination

I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe. ↗

— Christian Bale

#i #never #playing #safe #want

Music became my focus. At 13, I was jamming with my mates. At 15, I was playing clubs. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#clubs #focus #i #jamming #mates