I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

No one writes about the emotional things you go through.

If you put the right things out there the right things will happen.

Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little bit different right now.

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what more do you want? Do you want a big pile of cash, too? That's a home run for me.

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.