Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.

A good groove releases adrenaline in your body. You feel uplifted, you feel centered, you feel calm, you feel powerful. You feel that energy. That's what good drumming is all about.

Adventures don't begin until you get into the forest. That first step is an act of faith.

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that’s what we are.

When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet.

The voice of the drum is a spirit thing.

In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.

When you are drumming and really feeling the music, the beat, it is like you are transported to a different place, where you feel so exhilirated and calm through your whole body.

Everywhere you look on the planet people are using drums to alter consciousness.

Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse.

Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so.

Life being full of sense and devotion to a significant goal, makes looking for my destination a significant goal

To be powerful, a kiss should make a journey, be its own story--begin with hesitation, move to realization, then melt into bliss.

Life gets boring with only humans to talk to.

Everyone who keeps a secret, itches to tell it.

I’ve reached a certain age where I love to work. I could just live here [at the studio].

Self-transformation is not just about changing yourself. It means shifting yourself to a completely new dimension of experience and perception.

Those that vow the most are the least sincere.

If faith fails, prayer perishes.

I'm trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful.