If You Have Any Requests. Keep Them

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 Think It's A Fallacy That The Harder You Practice The Better You Get.

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.

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 Can Think Of A Lot Better Things To Do With My Hands Than To Cut Them Up On The Rim Of A Drum.