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.

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

I don't hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain't their idea, it ain't no good, so you got that to contend with.

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

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.

When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.