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" I've always been kind of a - you know, I have my moments, where I can be Tommy, and then I flip a switch; when you're on stage, you turn into this other personality. "

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" Most drummers are covered with a million drums, and everyone is like, 'What are you doing back there?' "

" I'm driven by music. It's in my blood, and I've never been able to stay away from it for too long. "

" If Trent Reznor calls and says he needs a drummer for his tour... I'm there. "

" It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me. "

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" You never know what's going to happen sometimes, or what you think's going to happen never happens, or when you least expect it, the Santana record comes along and just blows up. "

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" My father lived by the philosophy, 'Be yourself, because everyone else is taken,' and he made sure I did, too. Whatever I wanted to do, he supported me. I don't mean that I was spoilt - he didn't believe in material gifts - but he watched my back while I worked to achieve things. "

" The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck. "

" There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death just to show off for a crowd. "

" Drumming's pretty physical. We sit at the back of the stage getting beat up like a workhorse. "

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" I'm constantly evolving as a musician. "

" At 17, I signed a recording contract right out of high school, so I started touring and traveling the world. I sort of missed out on the college experience. "

" The very first thing I look at on a woman is her toes. "

" No one really buys records anymore. You can look at sales and do that math real quick. Unfortunately, it's fast food in the music industry. People don't ingest full records anymore. "

" I am such a gearhead. In my recording studio, I personally engineer and edit everything on computers. "

" There's no new news. "

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" It's so funny because no matter what you say, fans only read and hear what they want. "

" The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet. "

" I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school. "

" I threw my son, Brandon, a rave for his birthday and I fully set it up like a crazy rave with lights and sound, me and my partner DJ'd - I got Mix Master Mike from the Beastie Boys to come DJ for a bit. "

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" Of course drums weren't meant to be played other than sitting on the ground. When you're upside-down, your feet don't want to sit on the pedals. "

" I don't listen to anybody's full record anymore and when I did, I don't think I listened to the whole record. I'm sorry, and I don't care who it is, if it's the Beatles, I can't listen to an hour and a half of anybody straight so I guess that's just my personal preference. "

" Drums isn't my one thing anymore. I love to produce. I love to make tracks, write tracks, produce tracks, and I can't just sit back as a drummer anymore. "

" I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really funky drum beat that is programmed then it comes in to the chorus; you've got that enormous human feel where the band kicks in. "

" I was always impressed by some of the progressive styles of guys like Neil Peart. "

" The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts. "

" Our music will continue to have an impact in people's lives long after we finally call it quits. "

" Trust me: all of us walk around and look at each other, and without saying it, we all know we're thinking, 'Really dude? Were still here!' and pinch ourselves. Typically, careers have short life span, 10 years if you're lucky, so what we've done is amazing. "

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" Nikki lives around the corner from me and I see him all the time. We talk a lot, and of course we're still friends. That was our baby, Motley Crue, we put that band together. "

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" Playing upside down is insane. It's two or three times more difficult than what's normal. Your feet want to come off the pedals, your arms want to drop down - all of your body is fighting gravity. "