Even on the drum level, it's all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills for the sake of doing fills.

Even on the drum level, it's all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills for the sake of doing fills.

I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool.

I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it.

Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that.

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand.

It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about.

When the songs pop out, that's like the climax of us building.

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

We've got many different sides of music to us.

But I've gravitated more towards the drum set.

When the snares don't hit together, it's just the most awful thing to hear.

We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album.

Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.

I've always liked funk and rock and everything.

When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases.

I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.

They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.

The more things you do, the more you can do.

The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.

When you go in and guest-star on a TV show, they already have their family - everybody pretty much knows everybody, and everyone sort of has that base already formed.

Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.

During the Olympics they're really strict about what you're allowed to wear. You get a lot of clothes, but everything is pre-ordered. We had a fitting over the summer. You're not allowed to wear your own clothes. No logos, nothing. You get fined if you wear something you're not supposed to wear.

They do not love that do not show their love.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

Fictional realms are usually terrible places to vacation, as they tend to be full of monsters and conflicts - Narnia and Middle-earth would both be good places to get killed - but I wouldn't mind visiting the worlds of Iain M. Banks's 'Culture.' You'd just have a hard time getting me to leave.

Do not commit spiritual suicide through a passion for discussing metaphysical subtleties

Abundance can be had simply by consciously receiving what already has been given.

You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.

Life is a miracle, and we need to not fear trying to achieve our potential and reveal the remarkable creation we and all living things are and that our Creator has built into us the ability to induce self-healing.

It's absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we've got rockets, we've got saran wrap - fix it!

As soon as you are trying to be funny or dramatic, that's when things start feeling fake and boring.

No one is able to make the female a queen except her father.

Every year, the Friday before the new Saturday-morning shows would premiere, the networks would do this big preview special, and I was always glued to the TV. As horrible as they were, they were entertaining at the time. There was a lot of showmanship from the networks based around the new lineup.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier.

Google is my best friend and my worst enemy. It's fabulous for research, but then it becomes addictive. I'll have a character eating an orange, and next thing I'm Googling types of oranges, I'm visiting chat rooms about oranges, I'm learning the history of the orange.

Everyone has an idea but its really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you with the idea.

When there's not ten feet of snow on the ground, I ride my bike down the streets of New York, and I literally hear two things out of car windows as cabs pass by me: They either yell, 'Hey, dummy,' or 'Hey, Mayhem.'

Who has the best features? This was a little game, conducted several times and always with the same results, in seventh grade, the time when so many of life's little horrors begin.

Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can.

Bitcoins are not an investment. They are an investment fad that someday could be a real digital currency but if they continue to behave as they have they will instead be nothing.