Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Wakeman

When I die, I'll probably climb out of the coffin and play the organ at my own funeral!

Rick Springfield

I'm surrounded by great guitar players.

Rick Riordan

Oh, did you expect me to play fair?" Cupid laughed. "I am the god of love. I am never fair.

Trevor Horn

I used to go with him and I'd sometimes play, take over from him. That was my first taste of the music business, I suppose, but I was also in the youth orchestra at Johnston Grammar.

Trent Reznor

Nine Inch Nails was an experiment with me in discipline. I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything. Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting. I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100 percent, because I had never reached true failure.

Tracy Austin

By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.

Torrey Smith

I want to be known as a solid all-around receiver thats fast, not a fast guy that plays receiver.

Torii Hunter

You name it, I've got it. Some players have to be 100 percent (to play), but I don't.

Torii Hunter

I go out every day and try to play great defense. I know my hitting will improve.

Steve Young

When you play quarterback in San Francisco, not much goes under the radar.

Steve Waugh

There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don

Steve Zahn

PlayStation 3 is another form of meditation. Come on, when you're on set, all day? That's what I do in my trailer, I just play PlayStation 3.

Steve Yzerman

I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.

Steve Yzerman

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.

Steve Yzerman

I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player.

Steve Vai

Play slow and perfect - that’s the way to becoming a virtuoso.

Steve Vai

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

Steve Vai

The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back. It's an extremely dynamic instrument.

Vince Gill

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

Vince Vaughn

Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion!

Vince Lombardi

We shall play every game to the hilt with every ounce of fiber we have in our bodies.

Viktor Korchnoi

Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the same time he must be perfectly composed.

Viktor Korchnoi

Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these four people (Antoshion and three other official 'minders') sent along to supervise us? With their meagre experience, all that thay did was interfere, more than ever before. And when they were needed, they weren't to be found ...

Viktor Korchnoi

It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.

Robert Glaser

Because Microsoft seems to sometimes not trust customer choice, they salt XP with all these little gizmos and trap doors to get people to try Microsoft stuff. But the reality is that we're downloading more players than we ever have on a worldwide basis.

Richard Wiseman

Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.

Rudyard Kipling

On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer; China 'crost the Bay!

Stuart Wilde

You have a divine right to choose whom you will play with and under what circumstances. By eliminating any energy drag, the positive good things in your life will resonate faster and faster.

Story Musgrave

I’m not a risk taker. But astronauts are professionals, so you get out on the field and play ball. I tried to take it in stride because that’s what I had to do to get into space. That’s where I belong, and I’m pretty good at it.

Stone Gossard

I like to play music. I like projects. I like excuses to hang out with my friends and play music.

Stone Gossard

We’re super fortunate in Pearl Jam to have such loyal fans...who really want to come & see us play.

Sonny Vaccaro

There's Brandon Jennings. The NBA told him to go to college for a year, and he said, "Screw that. I'll go to Europe and make a million bucks and then come back." And he's proven to be a pretty damn good player. He's done as much for the game as Michael [Jordan] by forging a different route.

Sonny Terry

So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.