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I think that the rhythm sections, drummers in particular, are the unsuing heroes of the music. It's the rhythm section that has changed the styles from one period to the other.
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.
I didn't even apply. There was no warning.
In your lifetime, if you can come up with one original idea, you have accomplished a great deal.
I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure.
You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though I run into artistic crises, they keep my life interesting.
Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.
They had all this talent, and they had no instruments. So they started rap music. They rhymed on their own. They made their own sounds and their own movements.
I used to take musical instruments home from elementary school. There were some music teachers there - we all learned instruments. A lot of us got started in public schools. Charlie Parker and Bud Powell, for example. But now there are no more music teachers in public elementary schools. It's like (Senator) Moynihan said, 'benign neglect.' Just let it rot and fester.
