Charlie Watts Quotes

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• Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken.
• The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.
• I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.
• Mick's not good on his own problems, but he's very good at other people's. He's been wonderful over the years. I don't mean I ring…
• I've seen Keith fall asleep at business meetings about millions of dollars for him-because of heroin, just nod out and then wake up and answer…
• I'm very strict with my packing and have everything in its right place. I never change a rule. I hardly use anything in the hotel…
• I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.
• We always work at least a month to six weeks before we go on the road, usually for something like eight to 12 hours a…
• It doesn't really change, actually. I think The Rolling Stones have gotten a lot better. An awful lot better, I think. A lot of people…
• I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.
• You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?
• When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them.
• I think you get to a point where you watch something just to enjoy it. I don't think it's really done so that you're supposed…
• To be able to play as slow as Al Jackson is almost impossible.
• When people talk about the '60s I never think that was me there. It was me and I was in it, but I was never…
• I don't like drum solos, to be honest with you, but if anybody ever told me he didn't like Buddy Rich I'd right away say…
• It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare…
• I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up…
• For some reason at 12 or 13, I just heard Gerry Milligan and fell in love with that, whatever it was called.
• Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith and Mick. The…

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