"We [the band] had this open door policy - if you walked in the door, you were asked to play"
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"I play weird. I'm always just behind. We [drummers] only have so much room. We're not guitarists."
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"I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down."
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"I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down."
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"Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute."
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"I only ever play Vegas one night at a time."
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"In my banjo show with the Steep Canyon Rangers, I do do comedy during that show. It'd be absurd just to stand there mute and play 25 banjo songs."
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"I would get records by Earl Scruggs... I would tune my banjo down and I'd pick out the songs note by note. Learned how to play that way. I persevered. There was a book written by Pete Seeger, who showed you some basic strumming and some basic picking... And I kind of worked out my own style of playing."
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"If guys feed off me, that's fine. But I'm going to play my way and I don't change. One hundred percent every single play, every single day. That's just me. And hopefully guys, especially the young guys, feed off of it and hopefully they learn how to be a professional and bring their 'A' game every day."
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"All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things."
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"One can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious."
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"Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture."
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"I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me."
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"Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for."
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"I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do – play it right and with respect."
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"The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has given you and use it for what you need."
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"If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself."
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"Put your ego aside and play as a team."
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"If I had criteria, it would just be that I want to play active people who can solve problems, not people who have things thrust in their lap and need somebody to solve their problems for them."
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"You'd better make it your business to understand the market. The ability to charm or play the game is useful."
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