Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.

Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that.

I just try to approach and serve the music in the way that I think is right for the band I'm in at the time.

In some of the L.A. clubs, people can act too cool to get into your music. That can get to be a bit much.

Going up north with the redwoods and driving along the coast, it's got everything, man. It's got the desert, the mountains, and the ocean. It's beautiful.

People who come up to me are drummers or fans of the band. I don't get it too much, but I'll be somewhere and someone will have me take a picture or something.

I'm being a dad and a good husband.