I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other cities. It's an amazing music scene with some great bands and great musicians.

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.

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.

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

The music has had a certain quality that people like just because it's a real true expression of how we are as musicians.

For me, I just try to make sure I eat enough and drink enough water and that's about it.