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

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.

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.

No, I do not need an outrageous quest to prove my worth. I deserve happiness -- happiness on my own terms.

I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.

The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.

It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.

Your heart, Bessie, is an autumn garage.

The Creator, the fountain of all wisdom, the approver of perpetual order, the eternal and superessential spring of geometry and harmonics.

There are times when I'm so bored with being healthy and organic that I crave sugar and additives.

If you spend your whole life being careful not to break anything, you'll get terribly bored, you know...I can't think of anything more fun than being impulsive!

What could I do with $1 million? What can I do with the satisfaction that I perhaps today helped somebody to have a better life. That's real reward. The million dollars, nothing.

When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be given the same old advice but for different reasons.