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"I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get."
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"What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives."

"There are two types of spiritual practices. One spiritual practice is done to attain the final goal (experience of pure Soul) and the other type of spiritual practice is done for the sake of doing the spiritual practice. The practice that is performed with the intent of attaining the final goal is the last, final type of spiritual practice."

"It takes a lot of practices to get it right. The key is to keep practicing."

"One learns by doing, not by learning to do."

"As you jump new hurdles, you gain greater confidence. Confidence can be achieved like any other practiced skill."

"No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice."

"Yoga is a method to come to a nondreaming mind. Yoga is the science to be in the here and now."
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"Every drummer that had a name, had a name because of his individual playing. He didn't sound like anybody else, So everybody that I ever listened to, in some form, influenced my taste."

"But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together."

"Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers."

"And, you know, I think the original recording of Ravel's Bolero, probably whoever played percussion on that, will never have It played better than that."

"So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop."

"I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night."

"I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today."

"So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel."

"But I think that any young drummer starting out today should get himself a great teacher and learn all there is to know about the instrument that he wants to play."
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