I think by the time I finished college I was calling myself a professional because I was, you know. I was making a living playing music.

In America we're in this awful situation, and you know, I hardly get any royalties anymore because music is just stolen from the internet.

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.

I'm not Stravinsky, I never will be.

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.

It's very difficult to make a living in music these days. All it takes is somebody paying.

I have great samples of my drums and I try to program them pretty much how I want to play them, try and make it feel natural even though it's programmed.