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Drummer Quotes by Buddy Rich
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 ever…
- But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.
- And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players.…
- I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.
- They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.
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