45 Quotes by Rick Allen

I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.

Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I'm blessed. I'm really blessed.

Chasing the sensation. Whether it was drugs or sex or whatever. Those things had become my main focus in life.

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.

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.

My situation should have been a lot worse. By rights I shouldn't have survived the crash.

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.

I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new.

America feels like home as much as it does here. Although it's a strange situation as I feel almost like I'm in no-man's land some of the time, because although I'm a resident, I still can't vote so I don't really have a say in what goes on where I live.