List of Buddy Rich Quotes

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. They Had An Influence On Everybody, Not Just Drummers.

I Play A Percussion Instrument, Not A Musical Saw; It Needs No Amplification. Where It's Needed, They Put A Microphone In Front Of The Bass Drum. But, I Don't Think It's Necessary To Play That Way Every Night.

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.

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 Inspiration For Drummers And Naturally It Has To Be The Same Way For Me.

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.

I Can't Sit Down Long Enough To Absorb Any Kind Of Learning.

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.

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.

No, I Don't Like Recording. It's A Bore.

There Were So Many Individual Styles Thirty Or Forty Years Ago.

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 Whoever Is Sitting Up There Playing The Solo. And This Is What Is Lacking, Definitely Lacking In Music Today.

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.