You either swing a band or don't swing a band and that's what's lacking today.. There aren't any guys who get back there and play with any kind of guts.

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.

Writers of novels live in a strange world where what's made up is as important as what's real.

Avoid scoffers.Ignore doubters.Reject mockers.Surprise detractors.

It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc.

Evil is not any superhuman, but it is HUMAN.

I feel like if I'm not going to change the game or do something innovative, then I'm not motivated.

I hate getting yelled at, that'll get you on my bad side. My mom never yelled at me. She just told us what needed to be done and we did it.

It is decisive to completely destroy Warsaw.

You can't right the wrongs because you'll never understand the cause and you'll be too busy dodging the effect.

See no one loves you more than me...and no one ever will

I need to give affection and love, because without that, I wither. I need to give that love to someone. Without that, I'm rudderless.