#la

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#hell #i #just #know #liked

I don't need to hear Bill to go through a song. I need to hear Keith to go through a song. I know Bill will be playing what I'm playing anyway. I need to hear Keith because it's all there: the time, the chord changes, and all the licks you have to follow. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#because #bill #changes #chord #follow

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#adulation #because #being #drums #fell

It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#challenge #drum #drums #enjoy #i

We always work at least a month to six weeks before we go on the road, usually for something like eight to 12 hours a night. It took six weeks to do it this time. We just play virtually everything we know. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#before #eight #everything #go #hours

When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#bands #copying #got #i #kid

I have proven to the world that I am articulate, I am very intelligent, I'm well exposed. ↗

— George Weah

#articulate #exposed #i #i am #intelligent

If you are explaining, you are losing. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#losing #you

I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#blackness #character #christianity #conservatism #defined

As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#oklahoma #perform #pressure #quarterback #under