I think all of those things, but certainly the booze really brought out the really unreasonable side of me, and I just didn't want to revisit that place again. |
I think at that time I obviously wasn't aware of what I really needed. But conversely, my wanting to prove something to everyone was beneficial 'cause if I hadn't done it then, maybe I'd never have done it. |
I think it was a wake up call for everybody. Yeah, they could see that I had a weakness and a tendency to overindulge. |
I think my perception of my own life is different and the fact that Lauren and myself are together. I've never felt this free or happy and so that permeates onto my onstage persona and to my working environment. |
I wanted to be as far away from everybody as I could be. I found it difficult to be close to anybody, not just the guys in the band. |
I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan. |
I'm sure it's the same with yourself that when your relationship is good, it changes the way you view the rest of the world. |
If we had loads of money as a family, things would be different and they'd come to visit more and I'd get to spend more time here. But I'm laying down roots in America so when I'm there, just being at home, it's harder to break away from that. |
It was great to do something different, so mixing it all about keeps things fresh. |
Just the same way I'd say a prayer before going onstage, taking that even further and using the drum to inspire people. And using that as a vehicle for the intention. |
So you kind of know that anytime we want, we could do a tour without even an album to promote, which is kind of reassuring, cos that's what most people are coming to see - just us doing the old classics. |
Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead during a show. |
Sometimes it's a negative because I still have a memory of some of the things I could do... when I still had two arms. |
There's so much that has been before the human race, and just contemplating that and then the earliest forms of communication, hand claps, body slaps and then ultimately the drum, which was really the first way that man could imitate the first sound they heard: their mothers heartbeat. |
Thinking about what songs are coming next instead of just relaxing, breathing and playing from my heart. Sometimes it can get to be almost like the enemy. |