Buddy Rich
Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Richwas an American jazz drummer and bandleader...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth30 September 1917
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
thinking practice harder
I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.
way influence drummer
I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.
average sound band
Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.
musician thieves great-music
A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught
teacher thinking play
But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play.
fire light together
But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together.
artist symphony creative
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.
music get-better drumming
You only get better by playing.
writing thinking play
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.
names taste sound
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.
thinking ravel percussion
And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.
cutting thinking hands
I can think of a lot better things to do with my hands than to cut them up on the rim of a drum.
long kind enough
I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.
thinking stink ifs
If you think you stink, you probably do.