With God's help, I've not had a drink in nine and a half years. That's my whole story right there. And because of that, I'm doing this. I'm making records, I'm touring. I was so involved in just getting brain damaged, I wasn't doing anything. I had great ideas, many notebooks filled with notes, some of them I can read and some of them I just can't read, but I really didn't do anything constructive, it was all just good ideas. Now I'm trying to lead a constructive life a day at a time.

I love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.

The second side of Abbey Road is my favorite.

I am the best rock drummer on the planet.

I hate click tracks. I'm to busy in the click track to feel my own heart rhythm, my own soul beat.

The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off.

I want to deal with what's in front of me now to the best of my abilities, and sometimes that's not very good. But a lot of the days it is really great.