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It takes us about four or five days to get an album out.
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.
If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.
I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.
Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.
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.
You either swing a band or don't swing a band and that's what's lacking today.. There aren't any guys who get back there and play with any kind of guts.
There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago.
If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician.
If you think you stink, you probably do.
A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught
As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.
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.
I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.
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.
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.
Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.
You only get better by playing.
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.
But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.
