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"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."
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"I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country."
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"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."
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"It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground."
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"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant."
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"I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent."
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"That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader."
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"For the greater good, I thought I should be a spiritual leader for people for some reason."
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"As far as Iraq is concerned, let's not forget what the UNSCR is about, that the main consideration in Iraq is that there is a leader who has been developing weapons of mass destruction, and has been violating UN resolutions for over a decade."
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"A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you."
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"There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience."
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"I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning."
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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."
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"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
"Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice."
Opportunity
"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
"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
"There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago."
Years
"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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"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, 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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