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. ↗

— Buddy Rich

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

— Buddy Rich

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

— Buddy Rich

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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

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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

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

— Buddy Rich

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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

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

— Buddy Rich

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You only get better by playing. ↗

— Buddy Rich

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