Played Quotes

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile grin. If you can't grin keep out of the way till you can.

Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen.

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.

As a performer I've played for 50,000 people and I've played for 50 people and I can tell you that it is harder to play for 50 people. 50,000 people have a singular persona, not so with 50. Each person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves. They can perceive things more clearly. Your honesty and how it relates to the depth of your talent is tried.

When Paul first sang 'Hey Jude' to me-or played me the little tape he'd made of it-I took it very personally. 'Ah, it's me!' I said. 'It's me.' He says, 'No, it's me.' I said, 'Check, we're going through the same bit.' So we all are. Whoever is going through that bit with us is going through it; that's the groove.

Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than humans would at first suppose.