A large part of my work has been collaborating with composers; I think we've commissioned about 140 pieces now, a lot of them percussion concertos.
“When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.”
“Today the kids that are out now they make a hit record and they put them right out on the stage with 10,000 people out there and they don't know anything about the business yet.”