I'd go to the end of the world for my husband. Of course, if he'd just stop and ask directions, I wouldn't have to.
I'm being a dad and a good husband.
Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.
For live you need a microphone for the snare and the high hat, the kick drum, a nice stereo overhead and one for the toms - you can get away with using four mikes.
Music doesn't solve your problems. . but allows you to dance all over them
I feel like in order to challenge yourself you have to get out of and do things that feel wrong at first and find new things. It's important to look for those things.
I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.
You need fighters like me to battle, because frankly The New York Times and the Washington Post are not going to fight the fights that I do.
The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.
Excellence is not an art. It is the habit of practice.
Art keeps one young, I think, because it keeps one perpetually a beginner, perpetually a child.