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Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.


Neil Peart


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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.


Buddy Rich


#back #behind #definitely #drummer #drums

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.


Buddy Rich


#arranger #because #becomes #chart #create

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.


Buddy Rich


#almost #anyone #could #creativity #done

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


Buddy Rich


#band #drummer #primarily #sit #supposed

Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I ever listened to, in some form, influenced my taste.


Buddy Rich


#because #drummer #else #ever #every

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.


Buddy Rich


#basie #black #count #course #drummers

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


#better things #cut #drum #hands #i

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


Buddy Rich


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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.


Buddy Rich


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