Buddy Rich discusses his ability to be outspoken.

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Buddy Rich discusses recording live records.

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Buddy Rich discusses his non-working life.

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Q: “You obviously have never refused to speak your opinion on things – has it even gotten you into any kind of trouble, have you ever been sued or anything like that?”

A: “I don't think I've ever been sued because I say what I feel, and most times, with the things I say, I say a lot of things that a lot of people would like to say, but they don't want to lose their image as being nice guys. And I don't care about an image. I only care about what I think to be truthful. But I don't think anybody really agrees with what I say, but that isn't important to me as long as I think that what I'm saying is truthful to me. And I don't really care about the repercussions. If somebody says, "Oh, Jesus. You hear what he said about this? You hear what he said about that?" That's what I said and maybe if you are really real, you might want to say the same thing. But then again, you have that fear, "What if I get a bad review?" Or what if somebody says, "Hey, that's not a nice thing to say." If you think it's the truth, I think you should say it. And if it's a lie, then don't say it. It has to be a thing that you can live with and I think I can live will all the things I've said in my life.”