Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.

The musical mystery is: How do you marry tuned percussion and voice? On a metaphorical level, everything that's really important - like the clouds, the sky and the earth - is a giant mystery.

A good groove releases adrenaline in your body. You feel uplifted, you feel centered, you feel calm, you feel powerful. You feel that energy. That's what good drumming is all about.

What is the best music is impossible to define. Just because it's played by a virtuoso player, doesn't mean it's great music. It might not reflect the soul of a people, which is really my criteria for great music.

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.

Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse.