I always thought 'Stump' was kind of like, you dropped something on your foot. It's not the most exotic rock-star name.

Most producers get into it because they were just never handsome or charismatic or talented enough to be the star.

Drums were my first instrument, my first love. I need rhythm, something that moves.

Steven Tyler isn't in Aerosmith anymore, but his gravestone will probably say something about Aerosmith.

I don't believe any genre of music can be unilaterally dismissed (aside from like, white-power music or something).

The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.

I always thought 'Stump' was kind of like, you dropped something on your foot. It's not the most exotic rock-star name.