Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer."

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.

Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer."

I love jokes as much as anyone, but I don't want to hear my snail jokes every day. But I might want to hear a good song every day.

As crises came up later on - "Oh, we have to compromise, and the record company wants to do this," I'd be like, "No, I don't have to."

You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.

I expect if you're a professional public speaker, you probably wouldn't want to go onstage and sing and play drums.