If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

I'm less comfortable in a gregarious social situation, and you can be introverted and still share everything. It just means that you're guarded.

And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start to mold a new reality closer to the heart.

It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later. I started playing drums at 13, and when I got to the international touring level... I got interested in cross-country skiing, long-distance swimming, bicycling... things that require stamina, not finesse.

If you want something done right, just forget it.

What a young musician's dream, to say, "Look at those chrome drums. Look at that 22-inch ride cymbal. I'll have those." It was one of those unparalleled exciting days of your life.

There's still a lot I'm angry about, a lot of human behaviour that's appalling and despicable, but you choose what you can fight against. I always thought if I could just put something in words perfectly enough, people would get the idea and it would change things.