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Al Murray

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
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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I never used to take holidays and it would upset ex-wives and girlfriends, but working has me in a better mood than doing nothing.
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Better Doing Girlfriend Holiday Mood never Nothing Upset Use Work
You find yourself, your voice, your technique and then maybe luck calls.
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Call Find Luck Maybe Technique Voice Yourself
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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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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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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The American dream? We don’t have a dream in Britain because we’re bloody awake!
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Awake Bloody Country Dream World
Things inspiring me – good melody, a great bass line, a fabulous voice… by which I mean someone who sounds great, rather than does pyrotechnics… and people playing really musically.
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Bass Fabulous Great Inspire Mean Musically People Really Sound Thing Voice
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
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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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
I try to be musical. Drums can set a mood, create an impression, as much as anything else.
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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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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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Afford Basically Bit Black Business Drummer Got Little More Opportunity
I’m not an alcoholic, I am freedom fighter against the teetotal taliban.
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Fighter Freedom Alcoholic Taliban

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