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.

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.

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

You only get better by playing.

So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop.

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.

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity.