Rick Allen ,quotes

If we had loads of money as a ...

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.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:46:12 41 quotes

I was happy in Dublin because ...

I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:46:06 41 quotes

I wanted to be as far away fro...

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.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:45:59 41 quotes

I think my perception of my ow...

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.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:45:50 41 quotes

I think at that time I obvious...

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.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:45:44 41 quotes

I think all of those things, b...

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

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:45:37 41 quotes

I really don't feel any strong...

I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:45:31 41 quotes

I prefer the rather old and ba...

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

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:45:22 41 quotes

I have never been one for the ...

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:45:16 41 quotes

Chasing the sensation. Whether...

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

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:45:02 41 quotes

'Cause I felt I didn't have an...

'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:44:55 41 quotes

But unfortunately, in my unrel...

But unfortunately, in my unrelenting drive to get back on that drum stool, the major casualty in all of it was that I really forgot about me.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:44:40 41 quotes

But the irony is that because ...

But the irony is that because the band isn't the focus any more, it allows me the chance to enjoy being a member of Def Leppard much more.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:44:34 41 quotes

But it's funny that now I'm in...

But it's funny that now I'm in such a happy situation, I look more objectively at my own past and see what others have seen for a long time and I'm just so glad I've been able to get to this point

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:44:26 41 quotes

But I think that the most impo...

But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:44:20 41 quotes

Before my accident I was a lit...

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.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:44:13 41 quotes

At the end of the day, they're...

At the end of the day, they're happy if you do the obvious songs towards the end of the set and you've got to try and make yourself happy by doing certain songs at the front end of the set.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:44:05 41 quotes

And more importantly, I wouldn...

And more importantly, I wouldn't be the person I am today, I wouldn't be where I am now and I may not even have been here if it wasn't for the accident.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:44:00 41 quotes

America feels like home as muc...

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.

Rick Allen 13.07.2011 17:43:50 41 quotes

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