I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.
Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.
There's such an energy and emotion to rock music, which is a lot of the reason I go back to '60s and '70s bands and look at some of the fire they had.
I wanted to play drums, and I got a set when I was 14 and just started to play in the house, to the stereo. I liked Ringo Starr, of course. And Sandy Nelson. I had his record, 'Let There Be Drums,' and I'd play along with it.
I look up to a lot of old school drummers from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.
I think at one time every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or wanted to win a Gene Krupa drum contest. This is the big inspiration for drummers and naturally it has to be the same way for me.
John Bonham, probably the greatest drummer ever - all of us wanted to play drums like him.
With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house.
I do play drums when I'm on tour.
I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.
I remember playing Billy Cobham's 'Total Eclipse' for Snoop Dogg. I also played him Frank Zappa, 'Apostrophe.' And I played him 'Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast.'
You can never get a woman to sit down and listen to a drum solo.
We had no clue what heavy metal was. We were like: 'What's that?'
Van Halen can keep providing the rain and I'll keep providing the parade.
I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters.
Not everybody likes or understands a drum solo, so I like to bring in effects and sounds to keep their interest.
I've always done a bass and drum solo that lasts about 10 minutes. The main thing is to use it only when you need to.
It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there.
One that really caught me was Joe Morello. He was the first drummer I ever saw that could do a roll with one hand. He would turn his hand over and use his fingertips to get the stick bouncing. He could sit there with his right hand doing stuff on the cymbals and tom-toms while he was doing a roll with his left on the snare drum.
First time that I cried at a work of art was at a drum solo that I saw. A drummer named Winard Harper, part of the Billy Taylor Trio, gave back in - I would have been in high school - 2005 or something.
Who doesn't like to play Black Sabbath tunes!
It's always been my dream to have a monster rhythm section that's just all groove and pocket.
Probably some of the most impressive drumming I've done is on the 'Far Beyond Driven' record.
I never professed to be a great drummer but I was a very heavy drummer.
Probably for drums, a guy I really enjoyed watching is Simon Phillips. I've seen him play with The Who and with Pete Townshend on his own - a really great drummer.
