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

Like a force of nature love can fade with the stars at dawn...

Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.

All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty.

Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way.

I think everything I do has Howard Roark [hero of The Fountainhead] in it, you know, as much as anything. The person I write for is Howard Roark.

It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up.