I think it's really important these days to be able to relate to how the music flows and be able to speak the same language as your bandmates and the producer, rather than just talking drums.

No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.

I've always liked to be the kind of drummer and musician who likes to go outside of what's expected of me.

Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.

When I first went on tour with PJ in '98, I was still in shock having gone through the Soundgarden break up.

Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely.

My recording career has luckily run the gamut of recording environments.