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Creativity Quote by Buddy Rich

“Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity.…” quote by Buddy Rich — Download Open image

“Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers.”

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Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity.

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You only get better by playing.

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If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.

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Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I…

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I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.

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I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the…

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But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what…

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As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.

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I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.

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The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does…

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That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

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It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.

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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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You don't get lucky. You create lucky.

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“You are the end of beauty and creativity one must have created so far.”

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Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we’ve got. What a pleasure it is to follow his investigation of…

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“I believe in magic. As a writer, I create them on blank paper.”

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Creativity is like chasing chickens.

Christoph Niemann

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