To me John Coltrane was like an angel on earth. He struck me that deeply.

It's the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with it. It's only honesty makes it beautiful.

If there's any such thing as a perfect man, I think John Coltrane was one. And I think that kind of perfection has to come from a greater force than there is here on earth.

Music is a way of life, it's everything. I play drums and that's what I believe I was born to do.

That's what the drummer is supposed to do. Keep the time. If you can do something else besides that, fine. But the time is essential and non-negotiable.

I can see forms and shapes in my mind when I solo, just as a painter can see forms and shapes when he starts painting. And I can see different colors.

You should get the feeling you should move. That's what is meant when people say the music moves me.

I feel very, very gratified when people are complimentary to what I have done or appreciated it with sincerity... It makes me feel that maybe I did do something that was proper and that was right.

Love yourself. Care for your body. You are God’s image.

A person is what he says and does

Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage.

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.

Money is a never-ending problem.

I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.

I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't know if my fiancee would necessarily agree.

I'm on the third line. I'm a crasher. I know my role. I'm just trying to help. I'm not stupid enough to think I'm great out there.

If you want Russia to be a real fully developed partner, then America should invest in Russia and activate Russia as a strong nation.

The wall is going to to take a while. Obviously [Donald Trump] is going to build it.It's a campaign promise; he's not going to break a campaign promise.