$#*! my mentor says...
"You need to take risks, you never know if the end results will be beautiful or strange, you need to be instantaneous, listening to every moments, without missing a scrap of the music, even if you play a rest!" - Brian Blade
"A good groove releases adrenaline in your body. You feel uplifted, you feel centered, you feel calm, you feel powerful. You feel that energy. That's what good drumming is all about." - Mickey Hart
"If I miss practicing 1 day, I know it. If I miss practicing 2 days, my wife knows it. If I miss it for three days, my audience knows it." - Vladimir Horowitz
"A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines." - Frank Lloyd Wright
"Love every minute of it. Enjoy every minute. Appreciate it and try not to get carried away because it can be a short career." - Topper Headon (The Clash)
"You’re confidence is what keeps people calling you to work." - Jimmy Cobb
"I feel my way into nearly every kind of music, 'cause I had to know all styles and was never afraid to try something new." - Bernard Purdie
"Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean that you don't have to keep time." - Thelonius Monk
"When we get on stage, we are all the same age except that I have been playing longer and I am older than them." - Roy Haynes
"They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion." - Ginger Baker
“Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty.” - Max Roach
"I found that to really make money, you had to give up music. So I gave up money." - Mel Lewis
"I'm such a bad host, I haven't offered you anything! Do you want a pad?" - Vinnie Colaiuta
"I love being a drummer. Everyone thinks you're dumb. What they don't realize is that if it weren't for you, their band would suck." - Dave Grohl
"Playing fast around the drums is one thing. But to play music, to play with people for others to listen to, that’s something else. That’s a whole other world." – Tony Williams
"A good groove releases adrenaline in your body. You feel uplifted, you feel centered, you feel calm, you feel powerful. You feel that energy. That's what good drumming is all about." - Mickey Hart
"If I miss practicing 1 day, I know it. If I miss practicing 2 days, my wife knows it. If I miss it for three days, my audience knows it." - Vladimir Horowitz
"A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines." - Frank Lloyd Wright
"Love every minute of it. Enjoy every minute. Appreciate it and try not to get carried away because it can be a short career." - Topper Headon (The Clash)
"You’re confidence is what keeps people calling you to work." - Jimmy Cobb
"I feel my way into nearly every kind of music, 'cause I had to know all styles and was never afraid to try something new." - Bernard Purdie
"Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean that you don't have to keep time." - Thelonius Monk
"When we get on stage, we are all the same age except that I have been playing longer and I am older than them." - Roy Haynes
"They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion." - Ginger Baker
“Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty.” - Max Roach
"I found that to really make money, you had to give up music. So I gave up money." - Mel Lewis
"I'm such a bad host, I haven't offered you anything! Do you want a pad?" - Vinnie Colaiuta
"I love being a drummer. Everyone thinks you're dumb. What they don't realize is that if it weren't for you, their band would suck." - Dave Grohl
"Playing fast around the drums is one thing. But to play music, to play with people for others to listen to, that’s something else. That’s a whole other world." – Tony Williams
Gear pictures taken by L. Turner