I'm not the creative one. I know that. If Rory Storm hadn't come along... and then The Beatles... I would have continued running around in teddyboy gangs. Today, well... I'd probably be a laborer. I'm glad I'm not, of course. It'll be nice to be part of history... some sort of history anyway. What I'd like to be is in school history books and be read by kids.

I don't talk about myself in the third person, and I laugh at people who do.

I love being in a band. I love playing with other human beings. I've never practiced drums unless there was another human being in the room.

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.

I like playing with a live band and I've got my act and we're fine.

I am truly grateful. I'm a grateful human being.

The main thing is not to be afraid of that, to get to a place where you'll go gracefully, not screaming and kicking up a fuss.