You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.

If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.

Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.

The United States is a beautiful place, you know?

The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.