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

I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.

Little things can make such a big difference during recording.

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.

Joining another big time rock band was the last thing I was looking for, but as the tour went on, I really dug playing to a lot of people, the band sounded great, and just being out there again, got me over my depression and so I decided to hop on board.

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'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 show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.

If PJ Harvey ever came to town I'd definitely go try to go see her.

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

For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it.

I love the way Pharell is laying down great drum tracks. He is a great drummer.

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.

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

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

I would never want to live in L.A., and I made that decision years ago, so I never chose that path for myself, although I have much respect for those that do it at a high level.

I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't make it better. And the tour was a total mess. We just had no life, no energy, and I felt we were going through the motions.

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.

Whenever Elvin Jones comes to Seattle I try to go catch him.

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.

When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.

So, I just kind of played the way I played and then eventually we kind of figured out what worked best for the band. So, I definitely changed my stuff up and I think we're playing really tight now.

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

But I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me, and I've always been able to do more than you necessarily hear with every band I've ever played in.

Like I'm in San Diego today and this is my hometown so I've got a lot of my friends coming and I definitely want to put on the best show that I can.

I guess by taking lessons early on, and really trying to play all the rudimentary stuff, and try to have it sound as good as my teacher. It took a lot of practice, which I enjoyed, and still do.

Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive.

As son of a Republican president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was.

My goal in life has been to be a songsmith, not a pop person.

I am happy with everything I achieved in my football career. I don't think I could have done any more.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.

Press conferences are good. I have my own philosophy about press conferences. I usually think that when they don't like the movie, they ask about other things.

Walking in high heels should be made an Olympic sport.

I say that a myth is a story which has particular energy, mythic resonance. I always say that a myth is a tear in the fabric of reality through which all of this spiritual energy pours.

I wouldn't mind a little bow. In Japan, they bow. I love it. Only thing I love about Japan.

It's the only way I think I'm ever going to walk away from the game, is to go ahead and say I'm going to, and then I've got to. There's no turning back now - win, lose or draw.

But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.

Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.

It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?

As soon as a norm is established, people start questioning it, which is probably a good thing in the end.

I am concerned about ageism and the loss of beauty - the perception that as you grow older, you 'lose your looks,' which I think is diabolical.

The heart of science is measurement.

If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.

Now as a musician, if you have it within you, you can create your own reality. Believe me, it's a novelty.

An onion can make people cry but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.