I still totally believe in individual rights and individual responsibility and in choosing to do good.

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."

With people too, you constantly think, "If I'm nice to people and treat them well, they'll appreciate it and behave better." They won't, but it's still not a bad way to live.

The Seven Cities of Gold always fascinated me. Southwestern U.S. history especially fascinates me. The whole spur of the Spanish exploration of the Southwestern U.S. was the search for these mythical Seven Cities of Gold.

While I believe in all that freedom, I also believe that no one should suffer needlessly.

It was actually drumming that gave me the stamina to get into sports later.

To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.