Smashing Quotes

At heart I cannot accept that I am a well-known rock `n` roll star and one of the greatest drummers in the world. I can`t believe that person on the television is really me. The Keith Moon the public knows is a myth, even if I have created him. The real me is the person who sits at home having a cup of tea with his old lady, Annette. The hotel smashing is one way I get relief from the public image. I have no temper. I do it in a spirit of amusment (sic) rather than anger. When I`ve done damage to a friend`s house I come back sheepishly the next day and offer to put things right, which means I`m willing to foot the bill.

(On skateboarding injuries) I have scars on my knees from smashing into the corner of cement benches. I have scars on my pelvis from jumping off my board and sliding like Superman down a hill. One time I snapped my wrist in half and had to get a cast on my arm. Like an idiot, I skated before the cast was taken off, and I fell again and broke my other arm. For the next three months I had to brush my teeth using only my thumb and pinkie.

(on Errol Flynn) I had a very big crush on Errol Flynn during "Captain Blood." I thought he was absolutely smashing for three solid years, but he never guessed. Then he had one on me but nothing came of it. I`m not going to regret that; it could have ruined my life.

It`s just me and a guitar, so I`m not going to be doing a lot of Smashing Pumpkins. I do Tom Waits, Neil Young, Bob Dylan. That`s all the good stuff, man. That`s when they had good songs written for just voice and guitar. I wish I could do Johnny Lee Hooker (John Lee Hooker), but I`m not that good. - on his acoustic performance at 14 Below, Santa Monica on 29th August 2000.

I never wanted to leave the Smashing Pumpkins. That was never the plan.

I loved Japan. I used to read a lot about it when I was a child. And I always wanted to go. And it was delightful. I absolutely loved it. What a smashing place.

I got involved in improv comedy. It settled me down when I was getting wild. I was sort of an evil teenager smashing up my cars and drinking and driving, let`s just say, a lot.

(WICKET! Kallis run out 11 (World XI 157-5) Another one goes! Dravid, probably assuming that Kallis will run him out sooner rather than later, goes for a risky single. Ponting hits, and Kallis, who has scored 11 off 25, is out.) I was roundly abused on Wednesday for suggesting Kallis shouldn`t be in the ODI team as he only plays for his average, ... So I`m happy to concede that he`s now tipping quick singles and smashing mad boundaries with the best of them. Eh? Oh.