Buddy Rich

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

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 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. ”

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

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. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

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

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