The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits that we played were enormous, and we played free. So you've got a band that loves to play free, and that was a wonderful thing.

The voice of the drum is a spirit thing.

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

Everywhere you look on the planet people are using drums to alter consciousness.

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

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

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