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- Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. — Mark Twain
- I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one. — William Shakespeare
- Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. — Theodor Adorno
- When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.' — Mary Lou Williams
- Within a few hours I had them off, was about ready to play the shows. That night I opened, and during the week Harris was over to the house to talk my mother into letting me leave home. — Mary Lou Williams
- Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. — Mary Lou Williams