I Prefer No One To Teach Me.

I Was Always Very Aware Of Drummers. My Oldest Brother Henry Was A Drummer, And He Drummed On Everything In The House From The Kitchen Sink To Stovepipes. He Was The First Drummer In The Gil Evans Orchestra, So You've Got To Know How Great He Was.

I Had The First Integrated Army Band In World War Ii.

I’m Beginning To Understand Myself. But It Would Have Been Great To Be Able To Understand Myself When I Was 20 Rather Than When I Was 82.

There's A Way Of Playing Safe, There's A Way Of Using Tricks And There's The Way I Like To Play Which Is Dangerously Where You're Going To Take A Chance On Making Mistakes In Order To Create Something You Haven't Created Before.

If There's A Deadline, I Work Late. If Not, I Like To Have Normal Hours, And Get Up Early And Work. When Things Are Going Well, I Hate To Quit. And Then I'll Work 'till Exhausted.