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25 quotes by Charlie Watts

Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (born 2 June 1941) is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He is also the leader of a jazz band, a record producer, commercial artist, and horse breeder.
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I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.

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I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.

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I'm very strict with my packing and have everything in its right place. I never change a rule. I hardly use anything in the hotel room. I wheel... →

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People say I play real loud. I don't, actually. I'm recorded loud and a lot of that is because we have good engineers. Mick knows what a good... →

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It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a... →

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When people talk about the '60s I never think that was me there. It was me and I was in it, but I was never enamoured with all that. It's... →

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I think you get to a point where you watch something just to enjoy it. I don't think it's really done so that you're supposed to feel... →

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Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken.

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The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.

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Usually I can hear the pianos, the saxophone, and usually I can hear Ronnie. But I really need to listen to Keith and Mick. The rest of the band is... →

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I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.

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I think it's an awful drink, to be honest with you.

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When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them.

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