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

My mom listened to the Beatles and Elvis, a lot of different types of music.

There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air.

Anything that has to do with rock seems to be on the decline. There's not a lot of rock stations or MTV anymore, you just go on Youtube.

It seems like I have more in common - or hit it off better - with rappers than fools that are in rock music. It was always natural for me.

I learned the songs and played the gigs, and then they called me about a month later. They told me they were like super stoked on me and asked me to join their band.

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.