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.

The roads in Boston suck. Highways included. There are potholes and bumps all over the place. It's not a fun place to drive.

I have memories of doing 'Toys In The Attic' and being on the floor next to my drums, on my back, laughing.

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.

I have a lot of stands on a lot of political issues. I'm very big on campaign finance reform. I still think most Americans aren't aware of how the dumping of big corporate dollars and private donor dollars has totally corrupted the political system and taken it away from them.

R-rated comedies make as much money as PG-13. And I think the audiences wanna be shocked. Especially with comedy.

Physical wealth has not necessarily been very secure.

I've been approached to do reality shows, but even though the fees are very, very attractive, I always say no because money should never be your motivation.