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Buddy Rich quotes: There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago.

There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago.

Buddy Rich quotes: If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.

If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.

Buddy Rich quotes: A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught

A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught

Buddy Rich quotes: 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.

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.

Buddy Rich quotes: As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.

As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.

Buddy Rich quotes: 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.

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.

Buddy Rich quotes: I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

Buddy Rich quotes: If you have any requests. keep them to yourselves. we don't play requests!

If you have any requests. keep them to yourselves. we don't play requests!

Buddy Rich quotes: There are only two types of music.good and bad.

There are only two types of music.good and bad.

Buddy Rich quotes: I can think of a lot better things to do with my hands than to cut them up on the rim of a drum.

I can think of a lot better things to do with my hands than to cut them up on the rim of a drum.

Buddy Rich quotes: They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.

They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.

Buddy Rich quotes: 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.

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.

Buddy Rich quotes: You only get better by playing.

You only get better by playing.

Buddy Rich quotes: I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.

I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.

Buddy Rich quotes: No, I don't like recording. It's a bore.

No, I don't like recording. It's a bore.

Buddy Rich quotes: I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.

I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.

Buddy Rich quotes: It takes us about four or five days to get an album out.

It takes us about four or five days to get an album out.

Buddy Rich quotes: Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.

Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.

Buddy Rich quotes: If you think you stink, you probably do.

If you think you stink, you probably do.

Buddy Rich quotes: Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.

Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.

Buddy Rich quotes: But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.

But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.