The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes as big as King Kong and so on. And so there can be a real riot out there, or it can be so refined.

There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.

Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individual's abilities.

Before my teen years, I was losing my hearing pretty quickly, and I was getting very, very angry. I was beginning to become an angry person because of that.

Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.

A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.