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

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

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

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.

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

Music is the language of heaven.

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.