39 Quotes by Danny Carey

We're dealing with the chaos of life, and we're rubbing it down. The deeper you rub, the more patterns you can see until you realize that it's really an organized chaos. There isn't really ever any chance to understand it all, but we're here to keep rubbing.

The sincerity of delivery is what always strikes me when I hear a good band. It's artist-expression driven, as opposed to being record-producer driven. There's a huge difference. One's motivation is impure, while the other is the highest form of expression, so that's what you aim for.

You can equate our music to childbirth. It's brutal and harsh, but there's still a beautiful thing occurring.

Tony Williams, Billy Cobham and Lenny White; some of those guys were big influences on me.

It kind of renews my faith in humankind that there's long attention spans left out there that can listen to a 12-minute song.

The drums can get pretty boring as a solo instrument.

We have pretty much all the facets of our business under our control now. Relying on someone else to do the right thing, you're just setting yourself up to get screwed. We control our own destiny and it's a really good feeling.

Mike Patton and Dave Lombardo - those guys are a good, heavy influence.

No one can be their best every night.