Buddy Rich Quotes

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.

Buddy Rich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThinkYouCreatingWhyEverything

I'm looking for smart friends all the time.

John Lloyd Young

TimeSmartLookingFriends

Of course, my mom is my biggest and loudest cheerleader, and my family and friends are happy for me, but I'm still just Angie, not Angie-the-author-with-this-hyped-up-book. I appreciate that.

Angie Thomas

FamilyHappyMeMomAppreciateJust

Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.

Mercedes McCambridge

WomanSickApartmentLikeDisgusting

I think about that 'empty' space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something to actually evolve in a natural way. I've had to learn that over the years - because one of the traps of being an artist is to always want to be creating, always wanting to produce.

Meredith Monk

SpaceThinkLearnArtistCreating

I can't remember a time when I didn't love fashion. As a child, I was always particular about what I'd wear. I remember feeling most aggrieved that I had to put on a dull uniform to go to boarding school.

Trinny Woodall

LoveTimeSchoolChildFashionGo

When I started modeling at 15, there were no provisions for on-set tutors, and so I dropped out of school. Although I was one of the lucky ones who went on to a successful career as a model, as a child I should never have been forced to make that choice - between modeling and education.

Trish Goff

EducationSchoolChildCareerChoice

Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I worried about something enough, it wouldn't happen. I forgot to worry about Parkinson's.

Tracy Pollan

LiveMomentThoughtWorryEnough

In short, it is the position of the people of the United States, as expressed by their representatives in Congress, that Israel's fight is our fight. And so shall it be until the last terrorist on earth is in a cell or a cemetery.

Tom DeLay

FightPeopleShortEarthCongress

Consolidation isn't new, though... it was a major factor in our rush to form the Gathering and place a stake in the ground to ensure that there is a solid path for developers who are willing to stay independent and build their own companies on their own terms.

Mike Wilson

PathPlaceNewBuildIndependent

A lone voice isn't as important as a collective voice.

Lois Frankel

VoiceImportantCollectiveLone

I get involved with projects based on three parameters - the script, the actors involved and the director.

Dominic Monaghan

ThreeDirectorInvolvedGetProjects

You want to ensure people can do it right 99 percent of time. When we have to fire one of our surgical trainees, it is never because they don't have the physical skills but because they don't have the moral skills - to practise and admit failure.

Atul Gawande

FailureTimeFirePeopleYouMoral

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