I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either.
I love the percussion. It's a right brain, left brain thing. There are different beats, but cooperating together. It's your whole body doing it, you're doing the snare drum and the high top with your hands and the bass drum with your foot. You're this whole motion machine.
Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

