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Category: very occasional quote of the day
Very occasional quote of the day: negative
The film critic in the United States is in a curious position: the greater his interest in the film medium, the more enraged and negative he is likely to sound. – Pauline Kael – Movies, […]
Very occasional quote of the day: not smothered, not smothering
One of the prime functions of the drums is to serve as an accompanying instrument. This can be developed by listening to everything around you and by fitting yourself in without being smothered, or smothering […]
Roy Haynes on some young drummers
“There’s one guy, Donald Bailey, who plays with Jimmy Smith. He doesn’t play many solos, but I really like what he does with the group. I like Billy Higgins a lot. He thinks about drums […]
Very occasional quote of the day: tedious
[Practicing is] very tedious and easily becomes tiresome… but when it really gets on my nerves, that’s when I know I should keep on with it. – Philly Joe Jones, Down Beat Magazine, March 1959
Very occasional quote of the day: practicing
I don’t think I’ve practiced two hours in 20 years. But it’s different with me than it is with a lot of younger guys, because I’ve been playing practically every night for 20 years. If […]
Very occasional quote of the day: loud and musical
“I am comparatively a heavy drummer. I like to play heavy, and I play forceful, and sometimes I tend to get loud, and it might be overbearing because I’ve seen some customers who sit close […]
Very occasional quote of the day: trust and magic
Experienced drummers have found that they’ve got a feeling inside them that they’ll follow through with. You’ve got to follow those feelings and trust yourself. If it’s wrong— and there isn’t any wrong, I don’t […]
Very occasional quote of the day: real foundation
“My real foundation came from Joe Morris’s rhythm and blues band. It had two books, the rhythm and blues book and a good, swinging book. I really got my power in this band. When you […]
Very occasional quote of the day: Shelly on Buddy
Manne: What I resent is the drummer who falls into the trap of becoming obsessed with the technical aspects of the drums —you know, playing all these figures that come from rudiments. It becomes a […]
Very occasional quote of the day: rehearsal with Charlie Parker
“I’d say, ‘Well, what am I supposed to do?’ He’d say. ‘Oh, you know what to do.’” – Max Roach, Down Beat Magazine, November, 1978, interview with Bret Primack
Very occasional quote of the day: inferiority complex
“I wasn’t altogether emotionally ready for the gig. I was only 18, and going through what a lot of young musicians go through, because I teach now and I can see it. It’s a paranoid […]