I love to go see live music. That used to be what I would do, almost every other night, and watch drummers play.

You've really got to keep on improving and improving and improving. It still involves work. It's not like you get to a point, and then you're good and that's it.

I feel like I'm 11 again, with my drums. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad. I'm just playing.

The drums are what drives the whole thing. It's the backbone of the song.

To play the drums, you have to spread your legs and use your arms. It's a very physical instrument to play. It's not feminine.

No one really listens to the drums, I don't think. They're there, but it's not a conscious thing to listen to. Everyone listens to the vocals, of course, and the words.

It's uncomfortable, definitely, but it's also really, really great to talk drums with kids and hear them get excited about music and talk about listening to the drums.

Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to play something and see if it works for your band.

It's always inspiring to watch live music.

To fear is to have more faith in your antagonist than in Christ.

...and that there were many things grown-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves...

From my own experience, I want to say that you should follow your heart, and the mind will follow you. Believe in yourself, and you will create miracles.

I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.

The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain.

A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth.

The art of integrating the ego and the impulse for empathy in a dynamic call and response.

money usually represents so much more than dollars and cents. It is tied up with our deepest emotional needs: for love, power, security, independence, control, self-worth.

I honestly believe that with a strong mind, you can literally 'will' the ball into the hole.

I want to make an album with just great beats and big vocals and just amazing lyrics.