Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.

I've always been crazy about playing.

That was a big deal at the time, because no blacks were integrated with whites in anything - not in sports, basketball, football, nothing.