It's weird to me to even say, "I wrote this song." I never feel like I wrote it; I feel like I heard it.

I've got childhood friends who are working for non-profit foundations, or who are running for state senate and doing things that actually do fight evil in this world. And what am I doing? I bang on some drums in a rock band. I try to tell myself that by doing that, I'm fighting evil - which is completely absurd. Music is not equipped in any way to fight against anything. Other than, I guess, it could fight against silence.

When we play, every day is different. All three of my bandmates surprise me all the time.

I play drums, and I'd recommend it to anyone, except maybe your neighbors. It's great exercise - physical, mental, emotional, and social. It takes deep concentration but also activates concentration. If you're doing it right, it's always just a little harder than what you can actually pull off.

When I'm playing best, I'm just thinking about the music, just interacting with what my bandmates are playing.

My projects are just side effects of what I obsess over, what I chat about, what random things pop into my head, what I dream at night.

It's very heartening to see people who I used to do music with still doing it.