Buddy Rich Quotes

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.

Buddy Rich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 30, 1917 - April 2, 1987

Topics

CreativityThinkLearnWishPlay

I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

John Cusack

EnoughSayOldI Was RaisedRaised

More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature.

John le Carre

EducationMeLiteratureMoreMade

My brother nurtured the love of stand-up comedy in a skinny little black kid named Tony.

Tony Rock

LoveBrotherBlackComedyKidNamed

What drives me is exploration with a purpose, more the classic Royal Geographical Society genre.

Robert Ballard

PurposeMeSocietyExplorationRoyal

We are just continually surprised and obviously happy that the interest in Queen and Freddie keeps alive. It's a constant source of pleasure for ourselves.

Roger Taylor

QueenHappyAlivePleasureSource

Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.

Louis Kahn

LoveBeautyDesignIntegration

My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.

Annette Bening

ParentsMeDoingNeverShowEvery

When I first came to New York everybody on the scene would treat me like I could play, but I couldn't.

Wynton Marsalis

New YorkMeTreatPlayNewFirst

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

William Shakespeare

LoudestSoundEmptyVesselMakes

I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

Pink

LoveMeWantFullestRelationships

You need to rebel to see the other options and to get a much richer, fuller sense of the world. And it's only once you've worked through that and seen through that that you can come back and accept who you are. You have to try all the other options.

Pico Iyer

WorldYouRebelBackAcceptTry

I was on the set of 'Braveheart' and my mate says to me, 'Do you think this film will be any good?' And I really meant this, too, I told him 'Let me put it this way - It won't win any awards.' Cut to: five Oscars.

Peter Mullan

GoodMeWinThinkYouWay

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