My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years…

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When I'm at home I practice everyday.

When I'm at home I practice everyday.

I feel really good in the teacher role.

I feel really good in the teacher role.

The lyrics came out of necessity. When we started writing the record, we started in...

The lyrics came out of necessity. When we started writing the record, we started in...

The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the...

The thing I try to do the most is to play in terms of the...

People just expect you to show up, be a cartoon character of yourself, take your...

People just expect you to show up, be a cartoon character of yourself, take your...

But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the...

But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the...

What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex...

What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex...

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper...

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper...

My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some...

My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some...

All he wants to do is practice and that's all he does, all day long....

All he wants to do is practice and that's all he does, all day long....

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

No one writes about the emotional things you go through.

No one writes about the emotional things you go through.

I can't take days off and play like I did last night. Maybe some people...

I can't take days off and play like I did last night. Maybe some people...

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that...

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that...

If you put the right things out there the right things will happen.

If you put the right things out there the right things will happen.

I take my craft very seriously.

I take my craft very seriously.

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what...

If you can get a twelve year-old kid to go listen to Thelonius Monk, what...

Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little...

Had I joined a straight rock band, I'm sure my drumming would be a little...