Then I tried out for the Fontana High School drum line, in Riverside, and I did really well. I got second chair, and played snare in that drum line for three years.

I looked Death right in the face.

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

In 1996, I was in was in an acoustic kind of rock band, we were called Feeble. We were just playing locally.

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

Playing my drums is therapy.

I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.

I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone.

A lot of people think that punk rock musicians don't know what they're doing.

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

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 am who I am by choice. Society rejects me because I'm different; I reject society because they're all the same.

Dreams don’t work unless you do.

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.

You are what you choose to become. Be who they say you cannot be.

Dreams don't work unless you do.

For anybody who loves what they do, mediocrity is not enough. You don’t have to be the best in the world, but you should be the best that you can be.

There is nothing wrong with looking one way while the world looks another. Imagine if this whole time, we’ve been looking at it wrong.

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.