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“If you're truly playing improvised music, I don't care who you are or where you come from, you don't know what's going to happen. I feel essentially we really don't know anything anyway, most of the times we're just guessing.”

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Hamid Drake

Hamid Drake, born on August 3, 1955, is an accomplished drummer. His musical career began in the 1970s, and he is known for his unique musical style and fusion of African traditional drumming. more

“When I play with people, one of the first rules is to listen. Just by the near fact that you listen and you're open to listening, or you're listening and you're open to what this other person is doing. Also you going to be open to what you're doing and you're not going to have it like 'planned out'.”

People Firsts Persons Play Facts Listening

Author:Hamid Drake

“Femininity doesn't always relate to being a woman and masculinity doesn't always relate to being a man; it's a quality of being-ness. Women have to portray the quality of masculinity; society wants it to be like a man; not necessarily male, but like a man. If that makes sense...In nature itself, there's yin and yang, there's masculine and feminine.”

Ifs Men Want Quality Males Relate Make Sense Feminine Masculinity Femininity Masculine Being A Woman Yang Yin And Yang Masculine And Feminine

Author:Hamid Drake

“I think when we start to understand what masculinity and femininity is, then men won't fear so much the feminine side coming out. And the masculine side for women coming out won't be such a burden, in a way. Just be ourselves.”

Thinking Men Way Sides Burden Feminine Coming Out Masculinity Femininity Masculine

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“The world is going to change, whether we like it or not. We can participate in that change or we can be the victims of that change. In a way. Either we go in our stupidity ignorance, and arrogance, bring more destruction in a way, or we're forced to change.”

World Way Ignorance Destruction Victim Stupidity Arrogance

Author:Hamid Drake