Half of it is being born with that. Of course, 80 percent is work. But, you have to be born with that little bit that makes you an Earl Palmer.
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I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.Charlie Watts
The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.
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Maybe I should've stuck with one thing and just done that. You meet players who play in different styles, all as good as the other.
Charlie Watts
For some reason at 12 or 13, I just heard Gerry Milligan and fell in love with that, whatever it was called.
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I've had a record collection ever since I was a kid. I don't listen to one thing. Maybe I should've done that. I may have been better.
Charlie Watts
People say I play real loud. I don't, actually. I'm recorded loud and a lot of that is because we have good engineers. Mick knows what a good drum sound is as well, so that's part of the illusion really. I can't play loud.
Charlie Watts
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