A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we've commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos.

I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me.

Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what you feel like doing at that moment. Enjoy not having to look at a watch.

I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.

Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.

Music really is our daily medicine.

When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.

I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.

Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.

Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting; it's something far, far deeper than that.

Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.

Tough people in your Life only make you TOUGH !

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But they are things that, well, you just have to see and feel. p.147

An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution that cannot go wrong.

Dedicated to all those who say: "I don't have time for analytics" or "I don't understand analytics".

I have done no passably decent job in this world which did not at first seem to me useless - absurdly useless, useless to the point of nausea. My secret demon is called:;: What's the use?

I am a correctionist. If something is wrong in society, it must be fixed. At least one should try to fix it.

Industry is not a collection of machines and tools and buildings. It is a social entity that has the responsibility of realizing the happiness of those who work in it.

Governor Tinubu’s criminal case is of international dimension.