Favorite Flip Quotes:
(obtained from various conversations, websites,
magazines & television appearances)

"Hey, What's up?? This is Scott Phillips and you are at FlipOnlineeee......" ~ SPAC 8/31/02

"Shadddddddupppp......" ~ SPAC 8/31/02

"I've always been very receptive to the other bandmembers' suggestions. I think it's important for me to sit back and listen to a whole song, with or without drums, and be able to add to it without my ego getting in the way." ~ Modern Drummer March 2002

"I think the turning point for my mom was the first time she heard us on the radio, which I think was even before we had a record deal. My mom & brother were traveling somewhere when he heard, "My Own Prison" on the radio. He cranked it up, and she said, "What is this?" And he said, "It's your son."
~ Modern Drummer March 2002

"We are not a Christian band...we are NOT a Christian band...we are not...we are not..." ~ on whether or not Creed was a Christian band

"When they mentioned they wanted Brett [Hestla] to replace Brian, I was concerned. He was a singer/guitar player in his band, Virgos, and I thought, "We're bringing in a singer/guitarist to play bass?" I love him to death and he's been a good friend for a long time, but I was nervous. From the first song we played together, it felt like we had never skipped a beat. He did an awesome job. And while Brett and I had been friends up to this point, we quickly became best friends." ~ Modern Drummer March 2002

"Believe it or not, that's how I learned. I would watch MTV
and watch what the drummers were doing and I would
beat on pillows. That's kind of how i figured it out."
~ Creed: Zero to Platinum

"I think I was looking through the Sears catalog and went 'Hey, a drum set, that's cool.' And they were like, 'Yeah, you can get that stuff but you got to learn how to read music and play the piano first'." ~ on what his parents told him when he first became interested in drums. ~ Drum! Magazine May/June 2000

"A lot of the songs have dark undertones to them, but we always try to show there's a light at the end of the tunnel, and not necessarily religion or anything like that. Just -- life can be good, don't get yourself down about everything that's happening to you right now. Spirituality really kind of comes into play more than, say, Christianity would. Whether you believe in a higher power or not, just treat other people well and try to look on the bright side of things; not to quote Monty Python." ~ 2000 Interview

"I don't have a favorite of what we've recorded, but as far as playing live my favorite is 'Unforgiven' " ~ Q&A Session 11/11/01

"I can play the drums, but why am I hooking the ball?"
~ Regarding his golf game ~ Modern Drummer March 2002

"I could take him any day of the week, with one hand tied behind my back!"
~ Response to question about Stapp saying HE was a better golfer than Flip ~ Q&A Session 11/11/01

"It makes me very proud (to have his brother follow in his footsteps). He started in a very similar manner to how I started, and I think that he is more advanced at his age than I was at the same time. And he does occasionally ask for advice."
~ Q&A Session 11/11/01

"I think we're a band who'll be around in ten years time, and people will talk about our songs and not about our escapades."
~About Creed in the future

"Our success has been dictated by the fans. They are the most important thing in the band's life. The three of us feel blessed to have such a great following of people. It's amazing to me when I sit behind the kit during a show and see the passion and emotion displayed by the audience." ~Regarding the success of Creed

Flip: "It was Stapp who was like, 'I'm signing it in blood, it's my life.' So they get like an...an old knife that's laying around this place and they're like 'RrrRrrrghh'...trying to jab their finger...."
Stapp: "I'll have you know Mark did not cut his finger...Mark's very, very fearful of things like that."
Mark: "I'm like...'No way...I'm not, I'm not cuttin' myself to sign this in blood. Him & Brian signed their names in blood, Scott & I just signed our names."
Flip: You're gonna get hepatitis, you're gonna die. We're never gonna have a record deal 'cuz you guys'll be dead...You're idiots."
Mark: The contract comes back because anything written in red is void. So it was all for nothing, man. It was pretty funny."
~On signing their first record deal ~VH1 Behind the Music