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

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.

A rock band used to be four guys and a drummer. Now it's five guys sitting around reading manuals!

Entertainment is about telling everybody that everything is alright but music is on the side of the upsetters and that's where I'm at.

So I have the classic amateur's technique; I know some very tricky bits and I have large gaping holes.

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.

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