I Can Think Of A Lot Better

And, Well Of Course, Count Basie, And I Think All Of The Black Bands Of The Late Thirties And Early Forties, Bands With Real Players. They Had An Influence On Everybody, Not Just Drummers.

Every Drummer That Had A Name, Had A Name Because Of His Individual Playing. He Didn't Sound Like Anybody Else, So Everybody That I Ever Listened To, In Some Form, Influenced My Taste.

There Were So Many Individual Styles Thirty Or Forty Years Ago.

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.

But, When You Have To Resort To Turntables, Trick Lights, Flashing Lights, Fire And All That, You're Actually Saying, I Need This Because What I Do Is Not All That Together.