A Great Musician Is Just A Thief

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.

And, You Know, I Think The Original Recording Of Ravel's Bolero, Probably Whoever Played Percussion On That, Will Never Have It Played Better Than That.

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.

If You Have Any Requests. Keep Them To Yourselves. We Don't Play Requests!

You Either Swing A Band Or Don't Swing A Band And That's What's Lacking Today.. There Aren't Any Guys Who Get Back There And Play With Any Kind Of Guts.