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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
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"I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here."
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"It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus."
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"Human beings are the only creatures who are able to behave irrationally in the name of reason."
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"Biblical names are hot again."
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"That's how I got my name, you know. The Bonny scot, see?"
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"I am very proud of my name. My full name is Richard Treat Williams."
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"I've actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork."
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"My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights?"
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"I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it."
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"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."
Will
"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
"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
"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."
Artist
"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."
Fire
"I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning."
Learning
"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."
Freedom
"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."
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"There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago."
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"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."
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