By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.

The crowd is just as important as the group. It takes everything to make it work.

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

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.

I'm not in it for my health. I'm a musician and I wanna live the way I do.

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.

Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.