Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

Half the time, my job is basically to talk people off the ledge. It's more psychological than just me picking up some sticks and counting, "1, 2, 3, 4."

How do you plan a rebirth? I'm not sure you do. You just stand in the darkness until you can't endure it any long, and then you move forward until you're standing in the light.

According to my parents, I just started drumming when I was two. I traveled with them from five to seven on the road, playing percussion. Between 8 and 12, my dad sort of prepared me by teaching me every aspect of road life.

I never want to get to that level of poverty where taking a bath has to be a hot-pot experience.

Switching off perfection switched on the human quality

In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.