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" A band is as solid as its drummer is. "
Band
Solid
Drummer
" And when it comes to the music, the fans are the most important thing because they get you and put you where you are. And so often - too often - that whole idea gets cast aside. "
Music
Important
You
" Because of our excessive touring and not giving up, it wasn't until 'Toys' came out that 'Dream On' really caught on. And then, of course, 'Walk This Way' crept up after that. Things went our way after that. "
Way
Giving
Walk
" Boston will always be home to me. "
Me
Will
Home
" Call it whatever you want, whether it's hip-hop or cult music or pop music, but to me, it's all pretty disposable. I don't think that the music of Nikki Minaj or Justin Beiber is going to be played on the radio twenty-five years from now. "
Music
Me
You
" Everybody is always raving about the Rolling Stones, saying, 'The Stones this, and the Stones that.' I've never cared for the Stones. They never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department. "
Musically
Always
Never
" Good songs are what a good band is all about. When you have a good song that stands up to the test of the time, that is the most important thing. "
Good
Important
You
" Having really good ideas comes from being able to listen to everybody else and see what their ideas are, because they're coming from a completely different place. That's always been important. It's part of being in a band. "
See
Band
Good
" I have been through a lot of ups and downs in life, both personally and professionally, and I discovered over the years that I have a lot of fortitude, and I got that from my dad. "
Years
Got
Life
" I have memories of doing 'Toys In The Attic' and being on the floor next to my drums, on my back, laughing. "
Next
Toys
Back
" I learned from my dad that there may come a time in life when you need to slow down and take a breath and deal with things, and that's OK, but whatever you do... Don't stop, and don't quit. Even if it's hard, you can't be lazy. "
Quit
Time
You
" I'm a street player, and all of my influences come from bands that I was listening to at the time when I was growing up. I was very impressed with guys like Mitch Mitchell. I liked rock and roll drummers, and I loved rhythm and blues guys like Clyde Stubblefield with James Brown. Man, that band blew me away all of the time. "
Man
Growing Up
Listening
" I'm in the gym every day, Monday through Friday. And I train really hard to go out and do a tour. So that, basically, what I'm doing with my trainer is that I train harder in the gym than the amount of energy that I expend on the stage. So by the time I'm ready to go out on the road, doing a show is a whole lot easier. "
Day
Energy
Friday
" I'm not one of those celebrities that will just put my name on something and expect to get a check. "
Expect
Get
Just
" I'm not the kind of guy who hems and haws about how he feels. "
How
Who
Kind
" I'm really into the love thing. When I relate to my guys in the band, I tell them where it's at, and if I feel like telling somebody that I love them, I do. "
Like
Band
Feel
" In my opinion, Slash is probably one of the last of the iconic guitar players carrying the torch of what it's really all about. "
Torch
Guitar
Iconic
" I've always been a coffee-lovin' fool, from the time I was a kid. "
Always
Kid
Time
" I was a big Pretty Purdie fan. I have heavy rhythm and blues influences, and that is what I bring to the table with Aerosmith. "
Blues
Bring
Table
" My playing is all about feel. I'm completely self taught: I never took any lessons or anything. "
Self
Playing
Never
" Problems and issues will always be there, and they'll never leave our side, so the object is to have a good time and make fun out of whatever we do. "
Never
Good
Fun
" The coffee's good in Italy. It's good in Spain. It's good in Istanbul. The coffee's not so good in America. "
Good
Coffee
America
" There's really no money per se to be made on records. We used to make a lot of money on records. Now, all of our money is made on touring. "
Now
Records
Used
" The roads in Boston suck. Highways included. There are potholes and bumps all over the place. It's not a fun place to drive. "
Place
Drive
Boston
" When you have fun doing something, it stops being work, really. "
You
Work
Have Fun
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