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.

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

The fact that Eddie Vedder likes to play 3 hour plus shows a night, I have to be ready for that.

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 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.

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