Don't try to change Doofus, let Doofus change you.

Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way.

When I was young, my ambitions were very modest. I thought, "If only I could play at the battle of the bands at the Y, that would be the culmination of existence!"

Adventures suck when you're having them.

It's interesting. I've known quite a few good athletes that can't begin to play a beat on the drum set. Most team sport is about the smooth fluidity of hand-eye coordination and physical grace, where drumming is much more about splitting all those things up.

Sometimes you're up against everybody in the whole world - even your friends and family are saying, "You need a single." You feel sometimes incredibly alone.

I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.