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"Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough."
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"Since you knew they was goin' to cheat you anyway, I recorded under any name with all of 'em."
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"Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post."
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"I think they are looking for publicity and they are looking for a name for themselves."
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"Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet."
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"I remember a couple of instrumental albums, just don't ask the names."
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"The stuff we did under the name the Rentals got so chaotic."
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"By the early '70s I had gotten reasonable and I started to get in hundreds of groups that rehearsed and never played at all. I mean, the most important thing was to look good and have a great name."
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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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"Vickie Lynn Hogan is my birth certificate's name."
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"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."
Opportunity
"I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes."
Leader
"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 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."
Time
"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
"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
"I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning."
Learning
"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
"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."
Name
"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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