There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago.

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.

When your demon was yourself, there really was no way to fight or get rid of it.

If you've lost your faith in love and music then the end won't be long.

Maybe the most that you can expect from a relationship that goes bad is to come out of it with a few good songs.

If you can't say it to me in front of my kids, don't say it.

There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it.

I'm big on reworking vintage. Also, buying one great piece that lasts forever - to me, that is total sustainability.

Love begins with love ; and the warmest friendship cannot change even to the coldest love.

To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

I'd like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom.

I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist.