I like to get within handshaking distance of the crowd. If it happens, they know it, we know it, and that's all we came here for.

Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

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

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son.

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

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

Music is the language of heaven.