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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My situation should have been a lot worse. By rights I shouldn’t have survived the crash. Rick Allen Read Quote
Cause I felt I didn’t have anything else to prove as a musician… and boy was I wrong about that one. Rick Allen Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
