To me John Coltrane was like an angel on earth. He struck me that deeply.

You should get the feeling you should move. That's what is meant when people say the music moves me.

Music is a way of life, it's everything. I play drums and that's what I believe I was born to do.

I can see forms and shapes in my mind when I solo, just as a painter can see forms and shapes when he starts painting. And I can see different colors.

I feel very, very gratified when people are complimentary to what I have done or appreciated it with sincerity... It makes me feel that maybe I did do something that was proper and that was right.

To me John Coltrane was like an angel on earth. He struck me that deeply.

It's the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with it. It's only honesty makes it beautiful.