Brushes..? Nah. Hit 'em As Hard As

I Don't Consider That I'm Particularly Influenced By Anyone Or Anything. But When I Started Playing, I Was Influenced By Early Soul. It Was Just That Feel, That Sound.

Brushes..? Nah. Hit 'em As Hard As You Can.

I've Always Been Obsessed With Drums. They Fascinate Me. Any Other Instrument - Nothing. I Play Acoustic Guitar A Bit. But It's Always Been Drums First And Foremost. I Don't Reckon On This Jack-of-all-trades Thing. I Thing That Felling Is A Lot More Important Than Technique. It's All Very Well Doing A Triple Paradiddle - But Who's Going To Know You've Done It? If You Play Technically You Sound Like Everybody Else. It's Being Original That Counts.

Mistreating Your Drum Set Is Just One Step Below Child Abuse

My Nerves Before A Gig Got Worse; I Had Terrible Bad Nerves All The Time. Once We Started... I Was Fine.