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Even though I'm a jazz-trained drummer, I cut my teeth playing rock.
P.C. is just too Big Brother - telling me how I should act and feel.
It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you're doing limbo.
I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.
If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.
Phish has never had anything to do with any trends at all in America.
I was able to afford a car that didn't break down every five minutes.
I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.
But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking.
I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.
Loneliness is a very special place, Silently silently you touch my face
If you're going to start with melody you'll need some tympani, I think.
Sarah Vaughan was the Charlie Parker of the vocalists during the 1950s.
A lot of drummers get sidetracked by the instrument. It can engulf you.
But what I think my emphasis is, is on the fact that I like music a lot.
Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record.
Whatever, I copied all through school, and look how well I’m doing today.
At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
I'm really not into the educational aspect of performing. It's not in me.
I don't like the idea that the government has so much of a say in things.
It's so refreshing to just play straight-ahead music with lots of twists.
The drums are what drives the whole thing. It's the backbone of the song.
I'm a rock drummer. I couldn't sit down and pretend to be a jazz drummer.
If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.
If you have any requests. keep them to yourselves. we don't play requests!
There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love
Guys who can't take care of their own women always covet other guys' women
You stick your nose in the dirt until you find something that smells good.
I don't really remember a whole lot of sex, drugs and rock n' roll, really.
But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.
I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.
There will always be a Beach Boys. Being a Beach Boy is like being in love.
When I was seven or eight I was really into Cream, really into Led Zeppelin.
I still don't know anything about drugs, or who takes them, or what happens.
A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
Don't jack off a cactus, you'll only hurt your hand and the cactus' feelings
It's not how you pick your nose, it's where you put that booger that counts.
Theres so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.
Musicians have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet.
He just had a very unique way of expressing himself physically with his kids.
I hope people just enjoy the music. I'm not worried about any sort of legacy.
Billy Sheehan has always been my number one favorite bass player of all time.
When Dream Theater first started, we were touring in a van and playing clubs.
To me, there's way more to being a good drummer than precision and technique.
We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."
Working with the artist elite can be like banging your head against the wall.
You just write one word and that tells you what the next word is going to be.
In the liner notes, music is fine by itself. It doesn't need any explanation.
There's so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.
It doesn't have anything to do with yesterday or tomorrow, it's all right now.