I've kept a diary since I was 11.

I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.

The thing about playing percussion is that you can create all these emotions that can be sometimes beautiful, sometimes really ugly, or sometimes sweet, sometimes as big as King Kong and so on. And so there can be a real riot out there, or it can be so refined.

Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

There are many collaborations I'd like to explore. One is to co-write a rap concerto with Eminem.

Concerts have to be seen as a real event for which the aim is to try and feed everybody.

I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.