I keep telling Ron Lorman and them in the control room, "It's my band! The reason I have a band is because I can't stand for somebody to tell me what to do."

There are no wrong notes.

When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they're still here and passing it on to others.

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.

For me, music and life are all about style.

I don't pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself...and I'm too vain to play anything I think is bad.

Some of [drummers] drop time because they want to hear what you're doin'.