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"So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel."
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"I get to play a killer next."
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"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."
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"Lyricists play with words."
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"I never play without my cape."
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"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."
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"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."
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"I'll play until they have to scrape me off the stage."
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"If they can't hum it after we play it, it's not for us."
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"I just play, and I'm always trying to write songs."
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"Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well."
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"So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel."
Play
"I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night."
Needs
"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."
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"Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice."
Opportunity
"I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get."
Practice
"There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago."
Years
"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."
Being
"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."
Music
"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."
Creativity
"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."
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