“I was going to go back to college and become a math teacher.”

“A lot of these guys come up and say, 'Man, you were my influence, the way you thrashed the drums.' They don't seem to understand I was thrashing in order to hear what I was playing. It was anger, not enjoyment - and painful.”

“For a long time, our only mode of travel was an Econoline van. Eleven of us, with nine sleeping in the back on two mattresses.”

“I was going to go back to college and become a math teacher.”