“The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off.”

I’ve said this over and over again, but I love being in a band.

I’m not sleeping with all the women I appear with.

I’ve never really done anything to create what has happened. It creates itself. I’m here because it happened. But I didn’t do anything to make it happen apart from saying ‘Yes’

Beatles, women and children first!

My soul is that of a drummer. I didn’t do it to become rich and famous. I did it because it was the love of my life.

I love that about the Beatles, that the music is still going on more than the haircut, you know.

I am, I definitely am. I’m really excited about that.

I don’t particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.

I’ve always felt that a space is as good as a fill.

I feel the older I get, the more I’m learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it’s all about finding yourself.

People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.

I know when I feel good when I play. There’s a closeness with musicians you only get from playing live, even in the studio it’s still playing live. For me, it’s what expands my soul.

I couldn’t put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would’ve stayed with the band.

The drummer’s always going to be there. They’re the floor of the whole deal and everyone can stand up on you.

You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues…And you know it don’t come easy.

I made all my mistakes playing with people.

Success and suffering will either darken your heart or make you wise, but they won’t leave you where you were.

Some of these agendas wanted me to quit, very simply, so they said “we have all the guarantees if you want to leave, and all the money and everything you want.” Of course, you just ignore that.

Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.

I’m not leaving until you tell me why you followed me. I know i’m a fascinating guy, but this is starting to feel like an unhealthy obsession.

Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)

I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding

Maternity leave is over for Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live. She’ll be back behind the Weekend Update anchor desk for this week’s episode, her first show since giving birth to daughter Alice on Sept. 10.

Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. “Leave it to us, Uncle. I’ve got a plan.” “That,” I said, “sounds like very bad news.