When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.

In hindsight, if I could go back in time and relay a message to my younger self, I would tell him to work on his time keeping, and that the job of a drummer is not to be the one that gets noticed the most on stage, or to be the fastest, or the loudest. Above all, it is to be the timekeeper.

I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine.

Things have changed quite a bit since then.

The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum.

Since I was a kid I've wanted to be in a Bond movie.