I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.

I`ve always liked Dennis Chambers, he`s real flashy.

All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding.

Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books.

I'm super serious about that stuff. I mean, it's rare that I sit down at a drum set when I'm not touring, because we tour so much.

On tour, you never have a home, you don`t get used to anything, and you`re always super busy.

My chops are still up, even though I`m not still in high school.