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"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."
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"To enjoy the beauty of the world, don't try to fit in. Try to fly out of your perceived boundaries."
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"Be as light as a feather and when they reach for you - you will blow right by their grip, you will effortlessly flow to safety."
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"Freedom gives you the air of the high mountains."
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"You need to break free from the chain of employment to fully utilize and discover your potential."
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"True freedom is a freedom with clear boundaries. True freedom understands the real essence of do's and don'ts. A freedom without restrictions that brings comfort is a freedom in chains."
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"Freedom of conscience does not mean being uncontrolled - we have to control ourselves and at times submit to others..."
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"Employment is the greatest dream killer."
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"None of us have true freedom because every one of us has to conform."
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"To live your life without oppression, making love the way you wish, loving those you wish to be with - is to live on the right of the spectrum."
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"Don't seek permission to be happy."
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"I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning."
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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."
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"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."
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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."
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"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."
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"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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"I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way."
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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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"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."
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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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