I love my family more than life itself, but I can only sit at home by my pool eating barbecue food so many days before I go cuckoo. Mike Portnoy Read Quote
I don’t consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that’s a very, very passionate artist, and the drums just happen to be my instrument. Mike Portnoy Read Quote
To me, a great drummer isn’t always about somebody with chops who can shred. A great drummer is someone who is part of a great band. Mike Portnoy Read Quote
Trite as it sounds, follow your heart. Persevere. And if you follow your heart and persevere, it will pay off. Mike Portnoy Read Quote
There’s been a lot of crossing paths with the Yes camp over the years for me. The first one was when Dream Theater and Yes toured together in 2004, which was a lot of fun. Mike Portnoy Read Quote
After I left Dream Theater, and I was doing Avenged Sevenfold, Twisted Sister… all these other things, I made a lot of new fans in a lot of new areas. Mike Portnoy Read Quote
People always say to me, ‘Well, how can a marriage last when you’re away as much as you are?’ And I always say, ‘Well, absence makes the heart grow fonder.’ That time apart from each other has actually strengthened our relationship. Mike Portnoy Read Quote
