It's a different ballgame now, so that lets [teo] Macero out. He's always complainin', always sick.

A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.

If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.

First you imitate, then you innovate.

The only way a drum machine will get out of beat is for you not to pay your electric bill.

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

You have to practice for a long time before you can learn to sound like yourself