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I've kept a diary since I was 11.
Music really is our daily medicine.
I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.
Dreams sometimes foretell the future.
The voice of the drum is a spirit thing.
I didn't even apply. There was no warning.
The body's like a huge ear. It's as simple as that.
My role on the planet is to bring the power of sound.
The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra.
There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.
I'm not a deaf musician. I'm a musician who happens to be deaf.
People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.
I try to plant myself where I am and embrace what is there in front of me.
What I have to do as a musician is do everything that is not on the music.
Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.
I didn't decide to become a musician until the age of 15, which is quite late.
Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction.
Everywhere you look on the planet people are using drums to alter consciousness.
I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure.
Monk encouraged me to emancipate the drums from their subservient role as timekeepers.
Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.
In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.
Hearing is a form of touch. I could hear less through the ears but more through the body.
Adventures don't begin until you get into the forest. That first step is an act of faith.
If I put too many instruments on stage it will become crowded just like Bangalore traffic!
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.
When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet.
A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.
The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of their instrument.
There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.
Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.
As we live longer and healthier for longer, we need to keep ourselves busy... the diary is pretty full.
Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse.
Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that’s what we are.
Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are.
Jazz is a democratic musical form. We take our respective instruments & collectively create a thing of beauty.
Yeah, I miss the Grateful Dead. I miss that groove. I miss the brotherhood. Absolutely. There's no doubt about it.
I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.
Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.
Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.
I want to be able to say on my deathbed that I reached a few people. That would be very nice, just to be able to say that.
When the Grateful Dead needed a quality sound system to deliver our sonic payload, I learned electronics and speaker design.
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
I am really quite fascinated by echo-locating bats and dolphins and have always wondered how sound affects the unconscious brain.
Your mallet or your stick goes through the instrument, the sound goes out and then wherever the sound goes nobody knows, you know.
Apart from Scottish traditional music, I wasn't really influenced by any kind of music. I just basically followed my own instincts.
When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.
I am a hundred-percent Indian traditionalist! I am not "playing anything" - that is for the media to be able to say what I am doing.
Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what you feel like doing at that moment. Enjoy not having to look at a watch.
I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.