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

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

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

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.

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.

That's what the drummer is supposed to do. Keep the time. If you can do something else besides that, fine. But the time is essential and non-negotiable.

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