Throw off those chains of reason and your prison disappears.

You just become adaptable and try to lead a good life in ways that make sense, regardless. Because I know at the end of it, if I'm going to meet Jesus or Allah or Buddha, I'm going to be all right.

I read recently that all of us can be defined in adult life by the way others perceived us in high school. I know [people] who had the popular, good-looking path in high school; they tend not to do so well. It was a little bit too easy for them, where for those of us who struggled in every sense, perhaps our determination and self-reliance and discipline were reinforced by that.

If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer."

A quality of justice A quantity of light A particle of mercy Makes the color of right

Better the pride that resides as a citizen of the world than a pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled