My dad taught me not to overplay, to think about my parts when I play, even in a live situation.

I am self taught. My dad threw me in with a drum set at the age of four and I figured it out!

Once I grew up and realised 'What am I doing?' I started re-listening to the music I was playing and I realised there was so much finesse - it was dynamic and simple but I wanted to be authentic to the original songs.

For me, the hardest part is taking lessons, and it's hard teaching an old dog new tricks, so part of my re-teaching myself is opening my mind too. I just want to get better and I think there's nothing wrong with wanting to get better.

Once I became a cop and it's like when I got back into drumming; if I focus on something I become that, so I became a cop.

My dad taught me not to overplay, to think about my parts when I play, even in a live situation.

As a drummer my job is to reproduce what made the people bop their heads when they first heard the album on the radio, or when they watched the music video.