The best thing is to find something you really love to do and enjoy that process for the rest of your life.

I married my Japanese wife Mayumi who I'm so happy with, she's been so supportive. I live part time in Japan at her house, so I've been always very influenced by Japan. Since I guess the 70's or so. I've come to appreciate so much of their culture.

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 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.

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

I have tons of tunes, maybe 30 tunes that I still think are great, and only because some jerk at a record company didn't think it was great, it's not out there.

I don't have to be a success. I can just try.