I'll play drums a lot at home, and it will help my wrist action.

I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing.

My first joint I smoked onstage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I smoked my first joint live.

When I'm with Purple, I'm totally with Purple; when I'm doing my thing, I'm totally doing my own thing.

I have my own style, but it's different for each kind of music. There are certain little characteristic things every player has.

I can't do anything but play guitar.

You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano.

If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

I came in with a completely new perspective. I would write songs and they would pick tunes they felt were in the Purple vein.

I don't like English bands. They're too structured.

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.

Man is the candle light and a woman is the moonlight. They live far away but can grow together during lonesome nights.

I am a combination of my entire family.

All those girls who were mean to me[in high school], I pay them back by going through the drive-through window and asking for my burger. That feels really great.

My role is to set everything in motion.

A beautiful product that doesn't work very well is ugly.

Life is a balance between rest and movement.

The greatest owner in professional sports history is Eddie DeBartolo.

Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.

The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.