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

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 it comes down to intuition, when it comes down to gut feelings about whether a song is right, you can get distracted with words, rationalization. There's nothing wrong with music school, but part of music school has to be the ability to forget all of it, too.

I try not to think about the drums themselves. If I do, I'll end up hitting myself in the head with a drumstick, or sustaining some weird injury.

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

I've learned it's a human responsibility to create fun, not just wait for it.

I'm always looking to disprove what I think I know for sure. I call that learning.