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"When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio."

"But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions."

"When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.'"

"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer."

"You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others."
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"We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album."

"Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that."

"I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing."

"I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it."

"When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases."
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