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"At certain point, you realize it's easy to play music for the rest of your life: just don't sell your guitar. Maybe you get a day job, but as long as you have a guitar, you can play."
"I like to go play shows just to see people, so I'm not in the game of like, "You're at my show, you're gonna listen to it like this, blah blah blah.""
"There's a lot of griping and groaning about wanting to play half-baked new songs live, but you don't want it to just end up on YouTube with like 74 thumbs down: "This is the worst!""
"When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice."
"I don't do the things other people call "play.""
"If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound."
"All medical procedures require two hands, so in a sense it's like when you play an instrument. That's what they call things that they use in their work: They call them instruments. A lot of people start out majoring in medicine and drop it and change their major to music."
"There's a certain fast-food approach to the whole music thing that's changed the role it plays for us all. You are doing it while you are doing other things. Not that that is new - people have had music on in the background as long as there has been music."
"I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better."
"I think about all the people who have created something that lives after them - works of art, plays, music, films, literature, poetry that will be read, seen, performed, and heard for the rest of time. If I could do something that lives after me, then I think I will have had a life well led."
"I've got to play better and contribute more”. You've got to find another gear and come up with big games."
"We're talking a lot about bullying and harassment and abuse tonight, and I can freely say that at some point in the future I want to play someone who is homophobic and racist and sexist -- that appeals to me as an actor, to explore that."
"I was always nervous to play my father's [John Lennon's] songs."
"Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen."
"I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person."
"Yes, but I have to say this: the band is going to decide where the band plays."
"I would play with Guns n' Roses anytime."
"Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts."
"It is pleasant at times to play the madman."
"I figure J-Lo does all these movies and all these videos and all this other stuff...I know I can play tennis and act and do photo shoots and model. I know I can do all that."
