I have to say, the coolest person I ever met in my whole life is John Mellencamp. I never met a person who was more secure about himself and his person.

One thing about Texas people, they're very passionate about their Rock N' Roll, and I love it.

I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing to those drummers.

The golden rule of drums is hands clapping and feet tapping, and when you are in and out of consciousness, you can't do that to best of your ability.

It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science.

I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life.

Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.