#thing

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. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#arranger #because #becomes #chart #create

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. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#almost #anyone #could #creativity #done

I can think of a lot better things to do with my hands than to cut them up on the rim of a drum. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#better things #cut #drum #hands #i

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. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#believed #come #depend #feel #how

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. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#challenge #classical #down #drummer #following

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. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#creating #drummers #everything #exactly #hundred

So often people say something and you realise you haven't really heard it. ↗

— Joely Richardson

#heard #often #people #people say #realise

When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics. ↗

— Frank Rich

#comes #find #i #i think #politics

While F.D.R. once told Americans that we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Ashcroft is delighted to play the part of Fear Itself, an assignment in which he lets his imagination run riot. ↗

— Frank Rich

#assignment #delighted #fear #his #imagination

Winning is everything. ↗

— Jeff Rich

#winning