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

When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet.

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.

I hated science in high school. Technology? Engineering? Math? Why would I ever need this? Little did I realize that music was also about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, all rolled into one.

The voice of the drum is a spirit thing.

When the Grateful Dead needed a quality sound system to deliver our sonic payload, I learned electronics and speaker design.

People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.