"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."

Influence,

15

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"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."

Exlpore more Influence quotes

"If you are a follower of Jesus Christ , then the world around you will also be subdued."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Influence, Follower, Jesus, World, Subdue

"To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Influence, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"Influence is not about what you can do but how you use it to change the lives of others."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Influence, Change, Impact, Power

"By becoming the embodiment of His will, we make God real in the world."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Influence, Embodiment, Will, God, Real

"The religion or pulpit of a nation is the most powerful source of value formation in any country. Followed by the family, the educational system and the media."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Influence, Religion, Pulpit, Values, Family

"Our relationship with God broadens our opportunities and influence on earth."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Influence, Relationship, God, Opportunities

"Our values are as a result of the information you respond to on regular basis."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Influence, Values, Information, Response

"The greatest goal is to be a God-carrier in your sphere of life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Influence, God-carrier, Life, Sphere, Purpose

"Never do anything local or insignificant."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Influence, Significance, Impact, Global, Vision

"If the pulpit begins to propagate a faulty or erroneous value system, it ends up captivating the whole country, in no time like a cancer spreading throughout the body."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Influence, Pulpit, Values, Country

Explore more quotes by Buddy Rich

"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

"Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice."

Opportunity

"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

"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

"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."

Years

"There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago."

Years

"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."

Music

"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

"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."

Time