Buddy Rich Quotes

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Buddy Rich

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 30, 1917

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.

Buddy Rich

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

I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.

Buddy Rich

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.

Buddy Rich