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title: "1 Perception Life Quotes By Rick Allen"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/i-think-my-perception-of-my-own-life-is-different-and-the-fact-that/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

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## More by Rick Allen

> [I wanted to be as far away from everybody as I could be. I found it difficult to be close to anybody, not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/i-wanted-to-be-as-far-away-from-everybody-as-i-could-be-i-found-it/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [Some people say that practice makes perfect but I just feel that the repetition works against me and I start thinking too far ahead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/some-people-say-that-practice-makes-perfect-but-i-just-feel-that-the/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/i-prefer-the-rather-old-and-battered-things-with-character-to-the/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [At the end of the day, they're happy if you do the obvious songs towards the end of the set and you've got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/at-the-end-of-the-day-they-re-happy-if-you-do-the-obvious-songs/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [My situation should have been a lot worse. By rights I shouldn't have survived the crash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/my-situation-should-have-been-a-lot-worse-by-rights-i-shouldn-t-have/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [Thinking about what songs are coming next instead of just relaxing, breathing and playing from my heart. Sometimes it can get to be almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/thinking-about-what-songs-are-coming-next-instead-of-just-relaxing/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [I have never been one for the over-the-top.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/i-have-never-been-one-for-the-over-the-top/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> ['Cause I felt I didn't have anything else to prove as a musician... and boy was I wrong about that one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/cause-i-felt-i-didn-t-have-anything-else-to-prove-as-a-musician-and/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/yes-of-course-that-s-true-but-you-know-the-irony-of-all-that-is-that/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/i-think-at-that-time-i-obviously-wasn-t-aware-of-what-i-really-needed/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/and-more-importantly-i-wouldn-t-be-the-person-i-am-today-i-wouldn-t/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [But I think that the most important thing was to really stop drinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/but-i-think-that-the-most-important-thing-was-to-really-stop-drinking/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [America feels like home as much as it does here. Although it's a strange situation as I feel almost like I'm in no-man's land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/america-feels-like-home-as-much-as-it-does-here-although-it-s-a/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/i-think-my-perception-of-my-own-life-is-different-and-the-fact-that/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

> [But unfortunately, in my unrelenting drive to get back on that drum stool, the major casualty in all of it was that I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-allen/but-unfortunately-in-my-unrelenting-drive-to-get-back-on-that-drum/)

[Rick Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-allen/)

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