Rick Allen famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

And more importantly, I wouldnt be the person I am today, I wouldnt be where I am now and I may not even have been here if it wasnt for the accident.
-- Rick Allen

#Today #May #Persons
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

#Selfish #Blessed #People
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.
-- Rick Allen

#Thinking #Practice #Perfect
I was happy in Dublin because it is very cosmopolitan.
-- Rick Allen

#Dublin
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.
-- Rick Allen

#Prayer #Moving #People
Chasing the sensation. Whether it was drugs or sex or whatever. Those things had become my main focus in life.
-- Rick Allen

#Sex #Focus #Drug
I have never been one for the over-the-top.
-- Rick Allen
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.
-- Rick Allen

#Song #Heart #Thinking
I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.
-- Rick Allen

#Country #Strong #Allegiance
If I couldn't play drums it would have destroyed me. If you're thrown in the deep end you swim, and that's basically what I did. I had to do it and with the rest of the band behind me and the encouragement I got from people from all over the world, I knew that I was going to play
-- Rick Allen

#Encouragement #Play #People

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