"I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way."

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"I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way."

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Practice

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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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"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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"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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"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

"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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