Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.
Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.
Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of a recession and get back to work.
We are not a Zappa cover band. We only play Frank's songs that were recorded by the Mothers of Invention and I think a lot of those songs were complex.
When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.
Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.
I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles.
At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people.
I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.
I work hard, and I tend to play hard. I very seldom rest hard.
Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.
The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.
In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.