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Band Quote by Buddy Rich

“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 with any kind of guts.” quote by Buddy Rich — Download Open image

“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 with any kind of guts.”

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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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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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