But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play.

You only get better by playing.

And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that.

But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together.

Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.

A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught

Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I ever listened to, in some form, influenced my taste.

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.

If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician.

I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.

The mind judges in order to love. The heart just loves unconditionally.

The things I know, every man can know, but, oh, my heart is mine alone!

We fool ourselvesinto thinkingwe’re strongthen complainthe rest of our livescrippled bythe consequences.

You want to keep the severity of our environmental problems in mind enough to keep yourself motivated but not enough to paralyze you into depression.

It's important to me to have what I photograph undergo a certain transformation - to become a thing different from what we are used to, to be another version of itself.

The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.

I am not a strategic coach; I am a practice coach.

A child needs freedom within limits.

If you love living, you try to take care of the equipment.

Sometimes, I ask myself how any other singer could substitute the inspiration of god in their songs