You Only Get Better By Playing.

To Have Everything Written For You It's Not Really Creating. That's Why I Think Symphony Drummers Are So Limited. They 're Limited To Exactly What Was Played A Hundred Years Before Them By A Thousand Other Drummers.

I Mean, I Think I Liked Every Band I Ever Played In Because Each Band Was Different, Each Band Had A Different Concept, And Each Band Leader Was Different... Different Personalities And Musical Tastes.

Almost Everything I've Done, I've Done Through My Own Creativity.

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

But Primarily, The Drummer's Supposed To Sit Back There And Swing The Band.