We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.

Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

If I hear a song like "Time After Time." I'm sittin' there lookin' at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin' this song. I said, "God damnnnnn!"

Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don't know what to tell a person that can't - if you can't tell a person what you're talkin' about when they're rushin' or droppin' the tempo, you get somebody else.

It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

Sometimes [playing free] doesn't happen, because maybe a guy's wife'll come in, you know, and his ego will catch him. If everybody's completely just straight-without any old ladies over here, a fourth of whisky over there; if it's balanced right, it'll come off. It has to be. But when you get egos involved with playing free, you can't do it.