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.

You just chip away until the puzzle is complete.

If it's something that I just can't get anywhere with, even if I think this could be a hit, I just drop it and it doesn't get developed.

I always liked to make something creative.

Japan and Europe seem to have a little more cultural education and so the crowds have been a little more big and enthusiastic, and the places I've played seem a little more classy.

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

I've composed all my life and kept things, and even developed things I've done in college into something now.