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 play mind
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.
bores
No, I don't like recording. It's a bore.
music school one-time
As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.
two type good-and-bad
There are only two types of music.good and bad.
music play how-you-feel
I never believed in a set routine. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
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.
thinking years symphony
To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited to exactly what was played a hundred years before them by a thousand other drummers.
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.
creativity thinking play
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.
long kind enough
I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.
jobs opportunity practice
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.
thinking stink ifs
If you think you stink, you probably do.
swings band drummer
But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.
creativity done my-own
Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity.