Creativity Quote by Randy Castillo

"I dig all kinds of competition" lands like a backstage shrug that’s secretly a philosophy. Coming from Randy Castillo, a hard-hitting drummer who moved through some of rock’s most competitive ecosystems (Lita Ford’s arena-ready attack, Ozzy Osbourne’s rotating cast of monsters), the line reads less like macho posturing and more like a musician describing the fuel that keeps him sharp. "Dig" matters: it’s casual, vernacular, anti-corporate. He’s not talking about "winning" so much as enjoying the pressure-cooker where talent gets tested in real time.

The subtext is a rebuttal to the romantic myth of the solitary artist. In rock, especially the late-80s/90s circuit Castillo inhabited, the job is communal and brutal: auditions, lineup changes, reputations made in one tour and ruined in the next. Competition isn’t only band vs. band; it’s drummer vs. click track, ego vs. groove, yesterday’s version of yourself vs. tonight’s crowd. By saying "all kinds", he widens the frame beyond the obvious scoreboard. It’s artistic competition (who hits harder, who plays cleaner), professional competition (who gets the gig), even internal competition (who stays disciplined when the road grinds you down).

What makes the quote work is its lack of defensiveness. It’s not "I can handle competition"; it’s "I like it". That’s the mindset of a working musician who understands that in a genre built on swagger, the real flex is adaptability: treating rivalry not as threat, but as rhythm.