American - Musician | September 30, 1917 - April 2, 1987
It takes us about four or five days to get an album out.
Buddy Rich
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So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop.
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I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.
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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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And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.
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I can think of a lot better things to do with my hands than to cut them up on the rim of a drum.
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I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.
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I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes.
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If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician.
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So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
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There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago.
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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 was played a hundred years before them by a thousand other drummers.
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