Things Happen, But Things Happen

I Don't Want To Preach, But I Really Think The Rudiments Are Very Important To Developing Your Drumming Skills. Many Of The Patterns I've Recorded Came From Things Like Paradiddles, Flam Paradiddles, Flam Triplets... They Might Be Boring To Sit Down And Practice, But Not When You Apply Them To The Drums.

The Stereotypical Rock-star-trashing-a-hotel-room Thing? Those Days Had Passed By The Time I Was In A Band Big Enough To Do It.

I Don't Own An Abba Album, And I Never Had The Urge To Go And Buy One. If You're Just Talking About Well Crafted Pop Songs, They Were Fantastic.

In Genesis We Saw Ourselves As Song-writers. After Peter Gabriel Left I Was The First To Say: 'it's Ok - We Can Just Do Instrumentals.'

As A Composer I Approached The Drums Differently Than A Non-composing Drummer. I Embraced Drum Machines.