When my first daughter was born, I had to figure out a new way of [making music] so that I wouldn't wake her up.

Also, the more you're not focused on showbiz and instead focused on life, learning about other people, and keeping your eyes open and trying to be aware of the world.

I often wonder, Is it worth waiting only for things you think are going to be truly great, or is that a pretentious attitude to take?

Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?

When my first daughter was born, I had to figure out a new way of [making music] so that I wouldn't wake her up.

At this point, I think I would garner a lot of hate mail if I was now on the cover of Modern Drummer seeing as I'm not a modern drummer anymore.

I always tell people that to be the funny person in a Steve Martin movie is like getting a call that Keith Moon wants you to play drums on his record. He should be playing drums on his record.