Buddy Rich Quotes
But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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All the terrorists are basically migrants.
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If some student came up and wanted to know where to study painting, you'd want to suggest someplace, but there's no place. I wouldn't know where to send a student to study.
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I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.
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My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.
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I received a call from Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini. They asked me if I was ready to become a New York Jet. I quickly answered 'yes' and began to hug everyone at the table.
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There's always been a hunger in me not necessarily to be successful, but to be an icon.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I don't compare myself to anyone else; I don't make comments about anyone else because they do what feels right for them, and that's okay by me.
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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
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I'm a big routine guy. I have to have everything in threes.
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Women should not allow themselves to be caught up in the hype that says performance, meaning the motions, is what matters.
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Summer School: Never stop learnin' if you want to stop earnin'. I'm reasonably sure there G's in learning and earning.
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I remember being 24 in Los Angeles. And up until that moment, when my mom would call my cell phone and it would ring, I would be flushed with some sort of excitement that we all have - a little dopamine rush, when my phone rings - and I'd look down, and it would say, 'Mom.' It used to feel like a job to pick that up.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play.
