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.
AL MURRAYThe 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.
More Al Murray Quotes
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Music is endlessly fascinating.
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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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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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The harder you work, the luckier you get” is true in all things.
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Our cheeky sidekick. We’re like a motorcycle and sidecar.
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My mum had a cousin that had played when he was younger.
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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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You find yourself, your voice, your technique and then maybe luck calls.
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The American dream? We don’t have a dream in Britain because we’re bloody awake!
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It helps that, if I don’t want to play, I don’t really have to! I’m not the best drummer in the world, but it’s something I love and enjoy, and that sounds like a good trade.
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Actually, when you’re doing something you love, even when you’re busy and it’s hectic you don’t feel the need to relax.
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I’m not an alcoholic, I am freedom fighter against the teetotal taliban.
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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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When I left uni, I carried on playing and trying out at stand-up.
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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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