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

I was in a band called Hooker for a while.

In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it.

I think punk, pop-punk, and rock music is all meshed together and I think good music is good music.

I was told once if I kept breaking things on my legs, that I wasn't going to be able to walk soon, you know? I wanted to be a pro skateboarder, but it was too hard. I was trying, but it wasn't going to happen.

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.

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.