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The harder you work, the luckier you get” is true in all things.

Al Murray

In the world of comedy, there’s this: “If it’s going badly, get off. If it’s going well, get off”. You can’t argue with that either.
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Argue Badly Comedy Either Go Off Well World
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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Aone Kid Learn Leave Microwave Opener Remote Tin Work
My mum had a cousin that had played when he was younger.
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Cousin Fantastic Honest Mum Play Younger
The harder you work, the luckier you get” is true in all things.
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All Get Harder Work Luckier Thing True
Louis Pasteur, the great scientist, said “chance favours the prepared mind”, which is a posh way of saying ‘do your homework’, but it’s an excellent piece of advice.
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Advice Chance Excellent Favour Great Homework Mind Person Piece Posh Prepare Say Scientist Way
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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Distract Easily Forget Half Internet Lot Music Nature Thank
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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Anything Arrange Context Create End Interest Mean More Music Musical Something Think
And to be honest, it’s all about the sound, the noise, the rattle and hum. Who wouldn’t want to make a fantastic noise with drums and cymbals?!
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Cymbal Drum Fantastic Honest Hum Noice Rattle Sound
We need a war every 10 years, so we can stay match fit in case the Germans try again.
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Again Case Country Every Fit History Match Stay Ten War Year
When I showed an interest in drumming, he showed me how to mummy-daddy roll and that set me up for a bit.
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Bit Daddy Drum Interest Mummy Role Set Show
I’m a natural born show off. I love performing, and at school we had a really good music scene and an even better drama scene.
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Born Drama Good Music Natural Perform School Seen Show Try
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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Art Comic Creativity Head Inside Read Serious Stand Up Want Worse
I’m not an alcoholic, I am freedom fighter against the teetotal taliban.
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Fighter Freedom Alcoholic Taliban
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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You find yourself, your voice, your technique and then maybe luck calls.
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Call Find Luck Maybe Technique Voice Yourself
It’s a weight problem isn’t it; you can’t wait for lunch.
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Lunch Problem Wait Weight

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