But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.

You either swing a band or don't swing a band and that's what's lacking today.. There aren't any guys who get back there and play with any kind of guts.

I can think of a lot better things to do with my hands than to cut them up on the rim of a drum.

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.

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers.

Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice.

Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average.