The most exciting rock 'n' roll band of the last 50 years who are still on the road today

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.

There aren't that many things left that haven't already been done, especially with music. I'm interested in ideas that can shake us all up.

Maybe we should all just listen to records and quit our jobs

Well, I sort of don't trust anybody who doesn't like Led Zeppelin.

Failure comes when we don't get back up and try again.

The Eagle does not escape the storm. The Eagle simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It spreads its mighty wings and rises on the winds that bring the storm.

I think that sometimes love gets in the way of itself - you know, love interrupts itself. We want things so much that we sabotage them.

I won't let love disrupt, corrupt, or interrupt me.

Many days you will want to give up because of rejections and failures. Passion to be an artist will help you prevail where others fail.

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.

If you have time to write a business plan, you have time to prove the model. Just sayin.

When you die you will not bring any possessions, but you will be accompanied by the song up into heaven…

absolute power is corrupting

I'd love to continue my career in Hollywood - I'd love to do another action film, or a romantic comedy, or horror. I love horror films.

Anyone who has read my books will know that I don't tend to use guides when I am travelling. It's not a pride thing, but it is certainly a fact.

I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.

I'm not worried about the Third World War. That's the Third World's Problem.

They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.

I like the feeling of feeling my feelings.

The LA Lakers are so good they could run a fast break with a medicine ball.