I can tell. I'm gifted with that, you know. When I hear that the tempo is slightly off, it's hard for me.

If you make a suggestion and [musicians] don't know what you mean, you have to be able to do it yourself. I often sit down on drums and show 'em just exactly what I want. And I do it and then say, "How do you do that?" It's because I know how it looks, I know what I want to hear, and I don't drop or rush any tempo. It ain't in my body, it ain't in my nephew's body.

In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.

I still got my Ferrari.

Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.

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

There are no wrong notes.