Ridicule is also a weapon against forces of evil. Really clever, intelligent ridicule.
Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.
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.
You only get better by playing.
A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught
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.
I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different. . . different personalities and musical tastes.
I know perfectly well that you can't not want anything and live.
Very few people chose war. They chose selfishness and the result was war. Each of us, individually and nationally, must choose: total love or total war.
I always thought the Bible was more of a salad thing, you know, but it isn't. It's a chocolate thing.
Foreign visitors. . . how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties.