I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.

I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

I've talked to some drummers who seem to have a very hard time staying in shape on the road, including some drummers touring with high-profile acts that don't have to live on fast food every night.

I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me.

The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.

Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.

I think it's really important these days to be able to relate to how the music flows and be able to speak the same language as your bandmates and the producer, rather than just talking drums.

In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.

It was more real than anything she’d ever imagined, and she clung to that in the same way that the sky clung to the earth.

It is necessary for you to walk according to the spirit because the spirit lusts against the flesh

It's the geek who gets the girl, not the jock.

That wasn’t my future I destroyed, ’ she assured herself. ‘I make my own future.

You can have your wish in the sacred time.

I'm just an average woman with average concerns.

I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.

The goal [is] not only to earn high returns at the top of the cycle but also to avoid giving them back at the bottom.

From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.

Happiness is a very small desk and a very big wastebasket.