Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.
I play the unsinkable Molly Brown, which is where she got her name from, because she survived.
I could have played more complex stuff. I could have been a busier player. But that's not what I wanted to do. I played what I wanted to play.
I could stand out front and sing Eagles songs that I sing in my set, but I think people enjoy watching me sing and play the drums. It seems to fascinate people. I don't know why.
I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well.
The most glorious thing about working in the collaborative art is when you have somebody like Susan Kingsley or Kathy Bates who are better than your play.
That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.
Plays are so much more special if they've never ever had a production, but I think you can really work on a play and make it better with each production.
When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do.
When we go to play, you flip around and flash around and everything, and then they're not gonna see nothin' but what their eyes see. Forget about their ears.
Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.
In live action movies, you just hope that everything works. Because the actor may had a bad morning and doesn't play good, or accidents happen continuously. Many things contradict what you are trying to say. But in cartoons, nothing contradict what you want to say.
Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it.
We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.
There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play.