I guess you could say I'm a hell raising, drum slamming, beer swilling, moonlight soaking, 4AM street strolling, American Rock N Roller... I play the drums like there's no tomorrow and there never was a yesterday.
...you can check out various shit that I've done previously RIGHT HERE.
...but who the hell needs the past?
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Don't even ask what possessed me to post these surveys....
You Are a Punk Rocker!
When it comes to rock, you don't follow any rules
You know that rocking out is all about taking down the man
You've got an incredible stage presence and rock persona
You scare moms, make bad girls swoon, and live life on the edge! What Kind of Rocker Are You?
The Cure Shares Your Taste in Music
See their whole playlist here (iTunes required)
Which Musician (or Group) Shares Your Taste in Music?
You Are 50% Weird
Normal enough to know that you're weird...
But too damn weird to do anything about it!
How Weird Are You?
Search the world
for your music!
You scored as NEW YORK. HOW YOU DOIN? YOUR A NEW YORKER!
NEW YORK
92%
LOUISIANA
67%
FLORIDA
67%
WASHINGTON
67%
California
50%
NEVADA
33%
UTAH
33%
WYOMING
25%
What state should you live in?
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I AM NOT THIS WAY, THE WAY I AM, BECAUSE I'M IN A BAND. I'M IN A BAND BECAUSE I'M THIS WAY. - David Lee Roth
"Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends." -Tom Waits
"He said, 'Son, learn to play something, and you'll always have friends.'" -Ronnie Lane (The Faces, The Small Faces), relating his father's advice
"...This Power is no mystery to us now..." -Jeff Buckley
"Friends applaud, the comedy is finished." -Ludwig van Beethoven's last words
"I think I might have started one last night!" -David Lee Roth, on family
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy!"-Tom Waits
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"The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, strategem, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, and his affection dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted." -Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
Q: How does it feel to be the Jesse James of Rock? A: "William Bonney would be more accurate. Jesse James was motivated by greed, while Billy the Kid did it for the fun of it. All Americans are outlaws." -Jim Morrison
"I like Rock & Roll; I don't like much else." -John Lennon
"Music today is a bunch of groaning, whining, pseudo-serious, angst-ridden dolts. At some point Rock N Roll became Rock, then it became big business...my job...is to be the Cheese Whiz in the caviar of life." -Mojo Nixon
"I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder , chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom."-Jim Morrisson
"I don't want to romanticise liquor to the point of ridiculousness...maybe I should have a beer, what do you think? I mean, what time is it here? I'll have a Becks." -Tom Waits
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do."- Elvis Costello
"To get your playing more forceful, hit the drums harder." -Keith Moon's admirable grasp of the obvious.
"We are the biggest band in Britain of all time, ever. The funny thing is, that fucking mouthing off three years ago about how we were gonna be the biggest band in the world, we actually went and done it." -Noel Gallagher
"Achievement is for the senators and scholars. At one time I had ambitions, but I had them removed by a doctor in Buffalo."-Tom Waits
Q:How'd you start on drums? A:"Jesus Christ.I think I got a free drum kit in a packet of corn flakes. Ahhahaha!"-Keith Moon
"Art is the last thing I'm worried about...As far as I'm concerned, art is just short for 'Arthur.'"-Keith Richards
"Classic Van Halen made you want to drink, dance and fuck. Current Van Halen encourages us to drink milk, drive a Nissan and have a relationship." -David Lee Roth
"Well...My daddy, he didn't leave me much, you know he was a very simple man, but what he did tell me was this, he did say, 'Son,' he said 'You know it's possible to become so defiled in this world that your own father and mother will abandon you, and if that happens, God will always believe in your ability to mend your ways.'" -Bob Dylan, Accepting a Grammy Award in 1991
"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to." - Elvis Presley
We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world." -Noel Gallagher
"It doesn't matter when you get it....as long as you get it." - Mick Jones (the Clash), on understanding great music.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart." - e e cummings
"He who loves not wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long." -Martin Luther, 1777
"Rock N' Roll can mean a million different things to a million different people. I have a million fucking ideas about what Led Zeppelin's "Custard Pie" might be about!"-Izzy Stradlin'
"Energy and persistence conquer all things." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." Berthold Auerbach
"Music is a higher revelation than philosophy." Ludwig van Beethoven
"Music - The one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend." Ludwig van Beethoven
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Leonard Huxley
"Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music-the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself." Henry Miller
"Without music life would be a mistake." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage. -David Lee Roth
"In music the passions enjoy themselves." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
"The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." William Jennings Bryan
"It is terrifying to see how easily, in certain people, all dignity collapses. Yet when you think about it, this is quite normal since they only maintain this dignity by constantly striving against their own nature." Albert Camus
"Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito." Confucius
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." Albert Einstein
"Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure." Joseph Heller
"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
"Chaos is the score upon which reality is written." Henry Miller
The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot. - David Lee Roth
"The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface." Aldous Leonard Huxley
"Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never." Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge." Albert Einstein
"Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?" Benjamin Franklin
"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand." Leonardo da Vinci
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do." Benjamin Franklin
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it. - David Lee Roth
"It is regrettable that, among the Rights of Man, the right of contradicting oneself has been forgotten." Charles Baudelaire
"It was nice to see 'em...wouldn't wanna be 'em." - Izzy Stradlin, on his former band
"It's not about selling albums, it's about being real!" - Liam Gallagher
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He's not kidding!!!
It was a sad day for Rock N' Roll.
MY OTHER DREAM JOB!