Steve Gadd über Instrument spielen und Musik machen:
"I've seen so many drummers who have chops and technique that would make your jaw drop to the floor. People are doing some really incredible things. To me, though, I find it just as inspiring on a whole different level when I see somebody who can play a groove and get inside it and make me tap my toes. If you can get people tapping their toes, that's it - you're playing music."
Branford Marsalis darüber, Risiken einzugehen:
"I mean if you got a guy who can't recover from fucking up a song, what's he gonna do in his life? Life has bigger haymakers to throw you my friend. And you know, music is just not that important ... I don't enjoy messing up, but I accept that the only way to get better is to suck. And some people work really hard to circumvent that process by never playing a song that they haven't immaculately prepared, and when you play like that and think like that, then nothing magical can happen on stage. You have to learn to leave some room to let things happen. But that requires risk. And if you're risk averse, you shouldn't be doing this. You should be an accountant."
