If You Can Play, You Can Play

I Play A Percussion Instrument, Not A Musical Saw; It Needs No Amplification. Where It's Needed, They Put A Microphone In Front Of The Bass Drum. But, I Don't Think It's Necessary To Play That Way Every Night.

I Never Believed In A Set Routine. It Should Depend On How You Feel, Because You Play What You Feel.

I Consider Every Drummer That Ever Played Before Me An Influence, In Every Way.

Every Drummer That Had A Name, Had A Name Because Of His Individual Playing. He Didn't Sound Like Anybody Else, So Everybody That I Ever Listened To, In Some Form, Influenced My Taste.

And, You Know, I Think The Original Recording Of Ravel's Bolero, Probably Whoever Played Percussion On That, Will Never Have It Played Better Than That.