I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

I take my craft very seriously.

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 think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.

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.

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.

If you put the right things out there the right things will happen.