I love the way Pharell is laying down great drum tracks. He is a great drummer.
Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.
Like I'm in San Diego today and this is my hometown so I've got a lot of my friends coming and I definitely want to put on the best show that I can.
I always loose a little weight on the road, so I constantly have to be on top of my nutrition and hydration.
In my last band, Soundgarden, I had a couple of different drummers sit in on some stuff and it was fun for me to kind of take a break and watch the band.
A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.
Whenever Elvin Jones comes to Seattle I try to go catch him.
No matter how much success you're having, you can't continue working together if you can't communicate.
Little things can make such a big difference during recording.
I'm always going to get more of a charge playing Chicago than I will Duluth or some place like that. Just because of the history and the people there are way more knowledgeable than a lot of other...