Hand-drawn animation is something that I feel really strongly about. A Pixar movie may be really great, but it looks like it was drawn by a machine.
If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal.
When I got married, I hired a great choir - the St. James Choir, an all-black gospel choir - to sing at my wedding.
They're simply following what was laid down in front and they play the same thing. So, there's no great challenge In being a classical drummer.
I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.
When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's personalities and individual energies.
When I was younger, all I wanted to do was be a singer, and then I got into a great acting class in New York and became obsessed with that.
My own Brubeck Institute in California is turning out fantastic young jazz players, and I know great things will happen.
I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.
I've known Tiger since he was 18. Tiger is a great guy. I am so happy for him right now.
Billboard called my solo album, 'Standing In The Spotlight,' a great party album and even said that my raps put the Beastie Boys to shame.
Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
What makes a great song - you don't put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something.
What's great about documentary, it seems to me, is that it can be experimental filmmaking. You have a license to do a lot of diverse things under the umbrella of 'documentary.'
Where Joe was more vocal and emotional whereas Chuck was very reserved. But, both of them executed great strategy and both of them demanded a lot of their players.
My studio is designed for atmosphere. I have a really cozy, comfortable room that has a great, huge glass door that views my backyard.
That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things you'd want to say.
Bob Dylan is great. I've been compared to him a lot. I think when people see a person on stage with a guitar they just think, 'Bob Dylan!'
My webmaster lives in Munich and is a very dear friend of mine. He is doing a great job on the site and it is constantly being updated and always will.
I want to feel lucky every night when I go onstage, and not feel like, 'Oh, great, here we go again.
I built a studio in L.A. for me and my brother to just write every single day. And it's been great, man.
