I Dare Not Drink Before A Gig

I Have No Qualm About The Quality Of The Contemporary Repertory.

I'm The Best Keith Moon-type Drummer In The World.

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.

I've Wanted To Be A Drummer Since I Was About Five Years Old. I Used To Play On A Bath Salt Container With Wires On The Bottom, And On A Round Coffee Tin With A Loose Wire Fixed To It To Give A Snare Drum Effect. Plus There Were Always My Mum's Pots And Pans. When I Was Ten, My Mum Bought Me A Snare Drum. My Dad Bought Me My First Full Drum Kit When I Was 15. It Was Almost Prehistoric. Most Of It Was Rust.

I Don't Consider That I'm Particularly Influenced By Anyone Or Anything. But When I Started Playing, I Was Influenced By Early Soul. It Was Just That Feel, That Sound.