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

There are only two types of music.good and bad.

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.

I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today.

If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.

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

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real players. They had an influence on everybody, not just drummers.