Quotes About Gene Krupa

#1. I thought of Gene Krupa's drumming, his staccato drumming. I went and put 'Misirlou' to that rhythm.

Dick Dale

#2. I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.

Dick Dale

#3. Gene Krupa was my big hero, and I used to play on my mother's flour cans and sugar cans with the kitchen knives, listening to the big bands on my dad's records. Gene Krupa and Harry James.

Dick Dale

#4. I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.

Buddy Rich

#5. If drummers are 'anti-solo,' that's up to them. They're musicians, and they can play whatever they want. But my inspirations early on were people like Buddy Rich, seeing him on 'The Tonight Show', or Gene Krupa.

Neil Peart

#6. I'll never play a drum solo you can't dance to.

Gene Krupa

#7. If you're going to start with melody you'll need some tympani, I think.

Gene Krupa

#8. Proportion which more or less exactly failed to please the eye.

Douglas Adams

#9. I'm going to go out Monday through Friday and work hard and try to help this team win, because God knows we need a win.

Anquan Boldin

#10. My policy is to have no policy.

Abraham Lincoln

#11. NASA appreciates the efforts of Congress to resolve restrictions placed on our partnership with Russia. Congress' action helps to ensure the continuous presence of U.S. astronauts on the International Space Station.

Michael D. Griffin

#12. The United States is not only the strongest, but also the most terrified country.

Leon Trotsky

#13. Well I guess I like variety pretty much, but I do enjoy this work very much. Particularly with Buddy on the gig, we get a chance to knock each other out It'just wonderful.

Gene Krupa

#14. Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

Gene Krupa

#15. I love my jackets and good tailoring. I love the designs and the colour.

John Boyega

#16. An' writin' even goes on sayin' a man's wurds after he's deid! Ye cannae tell me that's right!

Terry Pratchett

#17. If I could buck, I would. If I could howl at the moon, then I would. To feel this, when I'd thought it was
over, when my body's closing down and I thought I'd have no pleasure from it again.
I am blessed.

Jenny Downham

#18. I don't spend a lot of time taking polls around the world to tell me what I think is the right way to act. I've just got to know how I feel" (George W. Bush, November 2002).

Daniel Kahneman

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

Gene Krupa