It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.
We would play, then they would play a set, then we would jam on the last song.
On the other hand, I was very much interested in the way people behaved, the human dance, how they seemed to move around each other. I wanted to play around with that.
I love soccer. That's all I ever watch. I'll watch it all day if I can. But I'm too bloody old to play now.
What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He was definitely the main influence.
So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country.
People care about my personal life. But really I'm dorky! I drink beer and go to football games. And ya know, sit in my house in a t-shirt on the weekends and play with my dog!
I want to play everything. I really want to do it all.
Florida has its own rhythm, too. People go to work, they watch their children learn and grow and start families of their own. They play in the sun and pass their lives enjoying the outsized blessings that make our state unique.
It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.
It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.
I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk.
I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play.
Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'