You'd be surprised. Drummers ape each other. The way every rock n' roll record sounds like something else but not all together. Everything other drummers play, if you're playing drums, they all hear.
When I'm playing, I'm never through. It's unfinished. I like to find a place to leave for someone else to finish it. That's where the high comes in.
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.
Prince is from the school of James Brown, and I love James Brown because of all the great rhythms he plays.
Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.