I'd just like to be remembered as a huge music lover.

I see the headlines on Blabbermouth, and the fans are saying, 'Why is he always talking about Dream Theater?' I'm not talking about Dream Theater! I get asked about it.

To me, a great drummer isn't always about somebody with chops who can shred. A great drummer is someone who is part of a great band.

It's been an incredible experience, playing with Twisted Sister, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, jamming with Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, and the list goes on and on and on.

Change is inevitable with the evolution of technology. In the '70s, we had records. In the '80s, we had CDs, and now we are living in the digital age. You can say it's sad or unfortunate, but the reality is you've got to roll with the times and the technology.

I don't consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that's a very, very passionate artist, and the drums just happen to be my instrument.

Life is too short for resentments, and I always forgive.

Trite as it sounds, follow your heart. Persevere. And if you follow your heart and persevere, it will pay off.

I don't want people to think that I think I'm this great drummer because, to me, I'm just a kid playing drums, and I love music.

It's nice when somebody says that you're their 'favorite' drummer.

I don't get too much enjoyment out of sitting around the campfire and looking at old photos. That's just not me. I don't get the thrill of doing that. So, I don't sit around listening to my old records.

Conducting is way over my head.

My wife is Italian, and I lived there for six years.

Orchestral musicians have a different approach than we do, and when I say 'we,' I mean musicians who don't know what they are doing.

To me, finding sounds, or even recording, is a compositional process. The studio is kind of an instrument.

From what I've heard, videogame soundtracks - obviously, there's less budget and all of that - it just seems like game soundtracks are farmed out among friends. And it seems like more of an afterthought. It's a videogame. It's much more background.

I am constantly amazed at the musicians that are able to do the same thing over and over for 20 or more years. That would drive me absolutely insane.

As an artist, I would never let myself get boxed in. I'm a human being, too, and like most humans, I have interest in many different types of music.

I've always been interested in film, so to get involved in any way in the genesis of making a film or music for a film is fascinating to me.

Sometimes a certain project will have a smell... It will have a little stench about it. That is a warning signal. You know it's going to be a nightmare. You know they are not going to like it, and it's not worth it.

If I'm not happy with the quality of something I'm working on, I won't put it out. That does not mean that others won't question the quality.

I got a PS3 and a PSP. The Wii looks fun.

It feels really good to be the bad guy, and 'The Darkness' is as bad as it gets.

I create a guise or a band that I can operate within, and within each one of those bands, I've got an M.O. or a set of rules and parameters I can work within.