Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.

I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing.

I think jazz is a wonderful learning tool.

I usually go with the first instinct, and then build upon that.

I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand.

When the songs pop out, that's like the climax of us building.

Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality.

Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that.

We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album.

We've got many different sides of music to us.

When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases.

It's all about theme and development anyway. That's what music is about.

I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it.