Buddy Rich Quotes

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• You either swing a band or don't swing a band and that's what's lacking today.. There aren't any guys who get back there and play…
• I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big…
• Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.
• No, I don't like recording. It's a bore.
• I can think of a lot better things to do with my hands than to cut them up on the rim of a drum.
• To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited to exactly what…
• And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.
• If you have any requests. keep them to yourselves. we don't play requests!
• There are only two types of music.good and bad.
• If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.
• But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the…
• I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each…
• Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity.
• Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.
• If you think you stink, you probably do.
• I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.
• I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.
• So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop.
• I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind…
• But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of…

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