My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful to be alive! I'm just grateful to be here at all.

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

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

And I was in another band called Flash In The Pan, which was soca, Latin music, down in Laguna Beach.

I like Steve Gadd, everything he did with Steely Dan. There's so many. I like everything.

Once in a while, I'll slip and get off my vegan diet and have egg whites in the morning, that's a good source of protein while I'm out on the road. If I can feel my body starting to tire, those are good to keep you healthy.

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.