If things are going slow, I'm itchy.

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

We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.

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

The power of music just kinda kills all those ills; it cures everything and you’ve got more energy just from the music. And, I’ve never seen it fail. It’s good for ya; real good for ya.

New York, it was an adult portion. It was an adult dose. So it took a couple of trips to get into it. You just go in the first time and you get your ass kicked and you take off. As soon as it heals up, you come back and you try it again. Eventually, you fall right in love with it.

The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did.