Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.

If you put the right things out there the right things will happen.

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing.

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.

No one writes about the emotional things you go through.

I take my craft very seriously.

My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old.

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me.

You know some minutes warn you they're going to be mighty short and you'd better take a snapshot of 'em while you can. ("Golden Baby")

When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect.

Our nature consists in motion complete rest is death.

Critchley and Webster’s fierce, witty exploration of Hamlet makes most other writing about Shakespeare seem simpleminded.

When I first came into this world, Elvis was already fat.

I have it on good authority-from the roads department chief, Mr. Arpin-that it will not snow after the fifteenth of March.

I do sometimes worry about getting older and the fact that I am not going to be a model for ever...[But] The fact that Helen Mirren can look so great in swimwear is an amazing boost for all women.

L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff.

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.