Vinnie Paul

“Vodka is much easier on your system than dark whisky and stuff.”

“I had some proper training, but that was only on snare drum. Learning all the techniques in marching bands and realizing how important it is to play tight set a standard for me for when I did get into a band.”

“The guys from Hellyeah and the incredible music we've created have brought me back to what I love.”

“To me, I always felt like drums have to be the support and the driving factor in a song, and there's places where the drummer has to show off and do things and get the spotlight, but not all the time. You've gotta pick and choose. And it's always gotta be about the song. That's really the bottom line.”

“I'm a big kid.”

“People ask me all the time, 'Why don't don't you ever do drum clinics?' And my reply is always that I like playing music; I want to play with a band.”

“That was one thing I wanted to win because, my mom, she didn't really know much else in music, but the Grammys were special to her.”

“It's unfortunate that people go, 'Oh, wow, man, they can get Zakk Wylde to jump up there on stage, and it's Pantera again.' No, it's not, you know. It's not that simple.”

“There's nothing like having some fresh blood out on the road with you.”

“If you take the riff from the song 'Cowboys From Hell' and really break it down, it's almost a hillbilly guitar riff: dekka dekka dekka dekka dekka dekka dekka dek.”

“I would give anything if it went back to analog age. I mean, music was so real, and you had to sing everything on a record; you had to play everything on a record. There was no cut-and-paste - you couldn't get the chorus right one time and then paste it every other time; you really had to be good at what you did.”

“My drum parts are a song within the song; that's the way I look at writing my drum parts. They follow patterns, and they're written to interact with the rest of the band. There's quite a bit of thought that goes into it.”

“I wanna look forward; I wanna keep moving forward.”

“You have a natural groove inside of you, but the more you practise, the more comfortable you will be with your instrument.”

“Even though Peter Criss is a pretty simple player, he played with great feel and made the music get up and go.”

“I'm really proud of what I do with Hellyeah, and I'm focused on it.”

“I am one hundred percent dedicated to Hellyeah. I love what I do in this band. I'm really proud of this band. Everybody in this band is such a special person, and the music that we make together, I really believe, is very special and the next level in my life.”

“We knew Hellyeah had to be a lot of fun. We got into it for one reason: to have a lot of fun.”

“I love to gamble!”

“People are selfish, man. They want what they want; they don't care what you want.”