I love to see people laugh and I love it more if I can make them laugh.

I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.

I'm still the best Keith Moon-style drummer in the world.

To get your playing more forceful, hit the drums harder.

I've always enjoyed myself. Unhappy periods for me last about twenty minutes.

Give me a mandolin and I'll play you rock 'n' roll.

They're always saying I'm a capitalistic pig. I suppose I am. But... it's good for my drumming.

At heart I cannot accept that I am a well-known rock 'n' roll star and one of the greatest drummers in the world.

I don’t think the drums are a solo instrument. Drums are there to set the beat for the music.

I tried several things and this was the only one I enjoyed doing.

I was a rust repairer. I was a rust repairer and full-time survivor. I survived all the major earthquakes, and the Titanic, and several air crash.

Paulie smiled slightly at this, as profanity had always felt to him like a seal of understanding, a shortcut to extreme feeling that people used when they needed it most.

... the first step to eternal live is you have to die.

I bleed to un-break you, un-mending me.I fall to save you...now who will save me.

When the characters are really alive before their author the latter does nothing but follow them in their action in their words in the situations which they suggest to him.

People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.

The modern rule is that every woman should be her own chaperon.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

It is so important as a caregiver not to become so enmeshed in the role that you lose yourself. It's neither good for you nor your loved one.

Nothing exists but him.

One is not likely to achieve understanding from the explanation of another.