You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.

I don't like drum solos, to be honest with you, but if anybody ever told me he didn't like Buddy Rich I'd right away say go and see him, at least the once.

It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum.

You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?

I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.

The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.