You find yourself, your voice, your technique and then maybe luck calls.
AL MURRAYActually, when you’re doing something you love, even when you’re busy and it’s hectic you don’t feel the need to relax.
More Al Murray Quotes
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I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I’m doing nothing, but… hanging out with clever and interesting people is a must if you’re writing comedy, like hanging out with a good bass player when you’re a drummer.
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Our cheeky sidekick. We’re like a motorcycle and sidecar.
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I love playing. In lots of ways, I think having been able to carry on playing purely out of love rather than having to do it for a living means I still love the drums.
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I think it’s really easy to forget that – I’d sooner play something musical than flash, and as I can’t play anything flash.
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I’m not an alcoholic, I am freedom fighter against the teetotal taliban.
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My mum had a cousin that had played when he was younger.
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PimpCo is a little business I’ve got, which basically offers drummers the affordable opportunity to make their drums that little bit more bespoke.
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We need a war every 10 years, so we can stay match fit in case the Germans try again.
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I try to be musical. Drums can set a mood, create an impression, as much as anything else.
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The thing that interests me far more than anything is creating music, songwriting and arranging, and in that context drumming itself is a means to an end.
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Thanks to the internet, I buy lots of music, but thanks to my easily distracted nature, I forget about half of it!
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You can leave a kid alone and it will learn to fend for itself, how to work the remote, a tin opener, and the microwave.
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When I left uni, I carried on playing and trying out at stand-up.
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Seriously, if you want to get inside the head of a stand-up comic, you could do a lot worse than reading Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up.
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The American dream? We don’t have a dream in Britain because we’re bloody awake!
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