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Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead during a show.
America feels like home as much as it does here. Although it's a strange situation as I feel almost like I'm in no-man's land some of the... →
Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people.... →
And more importantly, I wouldn't be the person I am today, I wouldn't be where I am now and I may not even have been here if it wasn't... →
Just the same way I'd say a prayer before going onstage, taking that even further and using the drum to inspire people. And using that as a... →
Chasing the sensation. Whether it was drugs or sex or whatever. Those things had become my main focus in life.
My situation should have been a lot worse. By rights I shouldn't have survived the crash.
I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.
'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.
I have never been one for the over-the-top.
I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new.
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... →
But the irony is that because the band isn't the focus any more, it allows me the chance to enjoy being a member of Def Leppard much more.