The drums are what drives the whole thing. It's the backbone of the song.

You've really got to keep on improving and improving and improving. It still involves work. It's not like you get to a point, and then you're good and that's it.

I love to go see live music. That used to be what I would do, almost every other night, and watch drummers play.

I feel like I'm 11 again, with my drums. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad. I'm just playing.

To play the drums, you have to spread your legs and use your arms. It's a very physical instrument to play. It's not feminine.

No one really listens to the drums, I don't think. They're there, but it's not a conscious thing to listen to. Everyone listens to the vocals, of course, and the words.

It's uncomfortable, definitely, but it's also really, really great to talk drums with kids and hear them get excited about music and talk about listening to the drums.

Talking about music and talking about drums brings me back to my beginning and the simplicity, and the excitement about trying to play something and see if it works for your band.

It's always inspiring to watch live music.

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.

Sometimes when Anna is talking to Louise she sees words coming out of her mouth like fistfuls of stones. But she doesn't intend to spew stones

Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.

Originality is going back to origins.

Everything has changed. The flying changed. The airports have changed.

I'm a native West Virginian and I've been called everything from a hillbilly to a stump jumper. I'm always proud of it; I'm very proud to be a West Virginian.

Suffolk has something more than the coziness of Kent and Surrey. There is a hint of wildness in its tamed beauty, and the tang of the North Sea is never far away.

Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.

I used to be an optimist, but now I know that nothing is going to turn out as I expect.

Time is not eternal but was created by God at the beginning.