My dad loved black singers. So listening to New Orleans music, eventually I wanted to play an instrument. – Bill Kreutzmann
Im really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I dont think about it as being a leader. – Bill Kreutzmann
I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, thats really cool. You know, youre moving. Youre using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it. – Bill Kreutzmann
At first I missed it, but it was the amazing energy thing that happened during shows, when a lot of people were like Yay Yay Yeah! I missed that for a while. But I dont miss the regular and the business side of that whole thing. – Bill Kreutzmann
I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third times a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love. – Rodney Atkins