Music Has The Power To

Classical Music Requires An Immense Amount Of Concentration, And I Don't Know If I Would've Been That Committed To That Particular Life.

I Don't Have Friends, And It's Hard For Me To Make New Friends. Right Now, The People That Are In My Life Are The People That I Work With.

According To My Parents, I Just Started Drumming When I Was Two. I Traveled With Them From Five To Seven On The Road, Playing Percussion. Between 8 And 12, My Dad Sort Of Prepared Me By Teaching Me Every Aspect Of Road Life.

What I'm Slowly Realizing Is That I Believe That Most Of Us Felt That We Could Relax A Little Bit After November 2, 2008, Because Of The Progress And The Spirit That It Took To Get Barack Obama In The White House. And What We Didn't Realize, Is That Was Really The Beginning. That Was Really The Beginning Of The Struggle And Not The End Of A Struggle, To Come From Colonial Times Through Slavery, Through The Jim Crowe Laws, Through The Civil Rights Period To The White House As, Like A Point A/point B Journey. Point B Of Course Being The End.

The President Is Just The Coach Of A Football Team. You Need The Right Support, The Right Stadium, The Right Players, The Right Staff. An Excellent Coach Is Not Going To Win Games.