You just write one word and that tells you what the next word is going to be.

I'm not a haiku artist, but I wanted to use the phrase 5, 7, 5 in the melody that flows over time. So the string melody, the first one is five notes, the next one is seven, and then the third one is five.

I'm very grateful to be where I'm at and be able to play. That's really the bottom line for me. Survival and being able to play.

In America there are some places that are just gorgeous to play.

I feel qualified and competent to try anything that's thrown my way because I don't have to be a success. I can just try.

From the time I started playing solo drums, doing clinics and stuff, you know I think one of the largest selling clinics I ever did was in Chicago.

I'm pretty proud of everything I've done.