I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.
Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.
You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.
I take my craft very seriously.
The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the song and play in terms of what I'm hearing.
My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old.