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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.

— Buddy Rich

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Rave music sounds like an electronic disco version of '30s Universal monster movies.

— Mojo Nixon

We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands.

— Jay McShann

When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven't even seen that part of it that much.

— Avicii

Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record.

— Michael W. Smith

If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances.

— Evan Parker

'Dance to the Music' was just Sly Stone being his natural crazy self right from the beginning. The man was an original and his first AM hit was nothing if it wasn't the example per excellence of the Sly Stone music machine.

— Jon Landau

When I heard BB King's 'Sweet Sixteen,' I knew I wanted to play bass because that was the thing that made that record: the bass player.

— Donald Dunn

The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played.

— John Fogerty

I think the greatest records we've ever heard, from Zeppelin to Purple to Sabbath to The Who, were all recorded in the studio live.

— Glenn Hughes

✗Opposing Perspectives

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

— John Otto