To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited to exactly what was played a hundred years before them by a thousand other drummers.

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

As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.

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

A great musician is just a thief who doesn't get caught

To have everything written for you It's not really creating. That's why I think symphony drummers are so limited. They 're limited to exactly what was played a hundred years before them by a thousand other drummers.

But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom.