Drummers haven't managed to develop their individuality quite as well as guitarists have. We can be so focused on the nuts and bolts that we overlook the importance of individuality - the broader picture, if you will.

I listen to Bill Stewart play the drums and when I have finished doing that, I listen to Bill Stewart.

And we'd drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink... And now people don't drink nearly as much, for good reason. We're all a little wiser.

Holding on to some of your uniqueness is the trick instead of surrendering it at the Academy of Contemporary We're Gonna Make You a Star.

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.

This amateurism however, can sometimes be helpful in forging a style; you have to work around your weaknesses.