Rick Allen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I have never been one for the over-the-top.”

“I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new.”

“Yes, of course that's true but you know, the irony of all that is that before the accident, I'd pretty much lost interest in playing drums.”

“I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again.”

“I think at that time I obviously wasn't aware of what I really needed. But conversely, my wanting to prove something to everyone was beneficial 'cause if I hadn't done it then, maybe I'd never have done it.”

“We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album.”

“I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.”

“Thinking about what songs are coming next instead of just relaxing, breathing and playing from my heart. Sometimes it can get to be almost like the enemy.”

“But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking.”

“But unfortunately, in my unrelenting drive to get back on that drum stool, the major casualty in all of it was that I really forgot about me.”