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"I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get."
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"What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives."

"Yoga is a method to come to a nondreaming mind. Yoga is the science to be in the here and now."

"Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice."

"As you jump new hurdles, you gain greater confidence. Confidence can be achieved like any other practiced skill."
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"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me."

"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."
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