So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop.

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.

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.

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.

Knowledge is not obtained through being absorbed in a book, it comes when you brush aside fantasies and sensuality, switching from the unreal to the real.

Most businesses would profit greatly from just applying Change Management 101 well.

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

I have to erase my Google search histories, because they always lead to an obituary.

This has been, all in all, a memorable day. If my luck holds out, I should get hit by a truck on my way home.

David what your mother did to you was wrong. Verry wrong.No child deserves to be treated like that. She's sick.

The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans.

If you pick something you actually enjoy doing, you have fun every day of your life.

A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world.

I grew up a vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the states, I started slowly eating meat. First it was bologna sandwiches, or pepperoni on pizza.