“I never studied anything, really. I didn’t study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.”

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.

I hope the fans will take up meditation instead of drugs.

Everything government touches turns to crap.

I’m not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.

The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That’s all they’ll ever be.

I was the new boy. It was like joining a new class at school where everybody knows everybody else but me.

I’ve never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.

The fifth member of my band is my non-profit work.

Great power constitutes its own argument, and it never has much trouble drumming up friends, applause, sympathetic exegesis, and a band.

So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.

The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!

What’s a punk band? Hey, who’s got a beer?

We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.

I’m 90% performer, 10% musician. I’ve always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.

History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.