Those bad times are important. They give you a chance to practice, listen, take stock, have a life, get your feet back on the ground, and maybe you'll live to tell the story.

Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.

Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist.

I never subscribe to the stay-at-home policy. I'm not sick of the road or sick of eating in good restaurants around the country. I like to travel.

I've had all the lessons I could get. I've learned from everybody I've ever met.

My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.