When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them.

It's been years and years and years I've been playing the drums, and they're still a challenge. I still enjoy using drumsticks and a snare drum.

Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken.

I wanted to play drums because I fell in love with the glitter and the lights, but it wasn't about adulation. It was being up there playing.

The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.

I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.

I don't like drum solos, to be honest with you, but if anybody ever told me he didn't like Buddy Rich I'd right away say go and see him, at least the once.

I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.

I never weigh myself. But if I put my trousers on and they don't do up, then I don't eat until I can.

I have a very old-fashioned and traditional mode of dress. I get embarrassed, and I don't really like going to photo shoots. I don't like stylists.

Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.

The holidays are my favorite time of year! Christmas was always one of the biggest celebrations in Sweden, and I look forward to the festivities each year.

When I started go-karting at the age of six, I always dreamt of becoming a Formula One driver.

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.

The teacher has not taught until the student has learned.

I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers.

Let's be clear about what this [presidential] campaign is about. It's not about Donald Trump, he's an entertaining guys, he's the greatest show on Earth.

Eat more like the French. Or the Japanese. Or the Italians. Or the Greeks.

In life, never spend more than 10 percent of your time on the problem, and spend at least 90 percent of your time on the solution.