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Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the music that saves me now. The music, my family and my friends and everybody around me.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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If you put the right things out there the right things will happen.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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People just expect you to show up, be a cartoon character of yourself, take your money and go home. But don't screw up to the point where you're gonna be out of the picture.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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I can't take days off and play like I did last night. Maybe some people can, but I can't.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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No one writes about the emotional things you go through.
Jimmy Chamberlin
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