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A drummer is usually like the backbone.

The drummer is the backbone of the band and is the real underrated one.

The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum.

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.

I think - actually, I know - that I am, without a doubt, the world's worst drummer.

Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived.

Before you can follow your own drummer, you have to hear the drummer.

I was always very aware of drummers. My oldest brother Henry was a drummer, and he drummed on everything in the house from the kitchen sink to stovepipes. He was the first drummer in the Gil Evans Orchestra, so you've got to know how great he was.

When I speak of natural drummers I'm talking about guys that are playing with the talent God gave 'em.

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.