I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.
Layne Staley

I don't care who's playing. Even if it's my favorite artist, I'm probably not gonna go and see him.
Etta James

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
Andre Malraux

I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people.
Kristin Scott Thomas

Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King

For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us.
Stevie Nicks

When I play, I very quickly put myself into a light hypnotic trance and compose while playing, drawing directly from the emotions.
John Fahey

I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.
John Fahey

Piano playing is a dying art. I love the fact that I can be one guy with one instrument evoking an emotional and musical experience.
Jon Bon Jovi

It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.
Jack Nicholson

When you're shooting you go to references in your mind. You think about how you should stand in these particular clothes, or how you should move. You think about the different characters you're playing, really.
Kate Moss

I was definitely living fast. I was working, traveling a lot, playing. I didn't stop. It all became unbalanced.
Kate Moss

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.
Stephen Harper

With the money I'm making, I should be playing two positions.
Pete Rose

Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.
Robert Collier

Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.
Sarah Palin

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it?
Arthur Ashe

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
Michel de Montaigne

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.
Denis Waitley