When Mr. Ludwig invented the bass-drum pedal, that's what made the drum set possible.

I'd be very honored to be the ambassador to drum solos.

If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.

Drumming completely eclipsed my life from age 13, when I started drum lessons. Everything disappeared. I'd done well in school up until that time. I was fairly adjusted socially up until that time. And I became completely monomania, obsessed all through my teens. Nothing else existed anymore.

It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up.