- Musician | November 1, 1963 -
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
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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.
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And more importantly, I wouldn't be the person I am today, I wouldn't be where I am now and I may not even have been here if it wasn't for the accident.
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I think at that time I obviously wasn't aware of what I really needed. But conversely, my wanting to prove something to everyone was beneficial 'cause if I hadn't done it then, maybe I'd never have done it.
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Yes, of course that's true but you know, the irony of all that is that before the accident, I'd pretty much lost interest in playing drums.
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Chasing the sensation. Whether it was drugs or sex or whatever. Those things had become my main focus in life.
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'Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.
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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.
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My situation should have been a lot worse. By rights I shouldn't have survived the crash.
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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.
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But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking.
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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.
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