The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.

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So I always figured I'd still be playing at this age.

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Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.

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I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change.

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Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.

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Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

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Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid.

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Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general.

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Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

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I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.

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