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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…
• I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This…
• 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…
• To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited…
• And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played…
• 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…
• I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different…

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