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.

If things are going slow, I'm itchy.

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

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

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

With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house.

I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band.