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" My mom passed away a day before high school started, and her dream was for me to be a full rock and roll guy, and play drums in a band. "

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" My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong. "

" I want to keep pushing the limits for drummers and expressing myself. "

" I can play punk rock, and I love playing punk rock, but I was into every other style of music before I played punk rock. "

" Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books. "

" On tour, you never have a home, you don't get used to anything, and you're always super busy. "

" I hate planes. "

" It's something I want to overcome. And my kids are scared to death to fly. I want them to witness me overcome it. "

" I juice a lot; I get as much protein as I can, because being a vegan, there isn't much protein. But that's pretty much it. I just drink lots of water, too. I'll have a protein shake as well every morning. "

" All I wanted to do was ride skateboards - I wanted to be a professional skateboarder. But I had this problem. I kept breaking half of my body skateboarding. "

" Usually, if I'm coming to Europe, I'm on a boat for seven days, so I spend the seven days doing a bunch of things. I'll do cardio for an hour or an hour-and-a-half and weights, just light weights. "

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

" I love tour, but I don't like traveling at night or driving long hours. But I love touring. If my kids could be out there full time, I'd probably never go home. "

" I try to do an hour of cardio on the days that I have off, and then I'll do 30 to 45 minutes on show days. That's the first thing I do when I wake up, I have breakfast and then I'll hit the gym. "

" I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation. "

" And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school. "

" I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go. "

" We all write the music, and then Mark and Tom write the lyrics. "

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

" I run every day now. I never ran before. "

" I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk. "

" When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all. "

" 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 think putting your relationship out there for people to interpret and have their own opinion about, I think it's crazy. "

" 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. "

" I looked Death right in the face. "

" Thank you for life, and all the little ups and downs that make it worth living. "

" I used to have friends come on tour and work as my drum tech, but they get bummed out when I have to tell them what to do. This time I'm just going to fly them out and let them hang. It's all good. "

" There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air. "