“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.” ThinkingShouldMindPlayTodayBehindsSittingGet UpTunesLackingSoloDrummerSitting UpPlaying Drums Author:Buddy Rich
“But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom.” IfsThinkingShouldWritingPlayWrittenInterpretationDrummer Author:Buddy Rich
“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.” ThinkingDonePlayWishMy OwnCreativityThousandTenDrummerPlaying Drums Author:Buddy Rich
“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.” ThinkingWellsRealCoursesBlackPlayerInfluenceBandLateFortyDrummer Author:Buddy Rich
“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.” ThinkingWayNeedsPlayNightSawsFrontsNeededInstrumentsMusicalEvery NightBassMicrophonesPercussionAmplification Author:Buddy Rich
“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.” ThinkingWayPlayBigsInspirationWantedWinningOne TimeGenesContestsDrummer Author:Buddy Rich
“I can think of a lot better things to do with my hands than to cut them up on the rim of a drum.” ThinkingI CanHandsCuttingThings To DoRimsBetter Things To Do Author:Buddy Rich
“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.” ThinkingYearsWrittenThousandCreatingHundredSymphonyDrummer Author:Buddy Rich
“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.” ThinkingKnowsOriginalsPercussionRavel Author:Buddy Rich
“But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play.” ThinkingKnowsWantShouldPlayTodayYoungTeacherInstrumentsStartingDrummerGreat TeacherStarting Out Author:Buddy Rich
“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.” ThinkingMeanDifferentLeaderPersonalityTasteBandConceptsMusicalMusical Taste Author:Buddy Rich
“I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.” ThinkingPracticeHarderFallacy Author:Buddy Rich
