I try and stay limber, swim, run, ride motorcycles.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.