I'm a street player, and all of my influences come from bands that I was listening to at the time when I was growing up. I was very impressed with guys like Mitch Mitchell. I liked rock and roll drummers, and I loved rhythm and blues guys like Clyde Stubblefield with James Brown. Man, that band blew me away all of the time.

The roads in Boston suck. Highways included. There are potholes and bumps all over the place. It's not a fun place to drive.

There's really no money per se to be made on records. We used to make a lot of money on records. Now, all of our money is made on touring.

Having really good ideas comes from being able to listen to everybody else and see what their ideas are, because they're coming from a completely different place. That's always been important. It's part of being in a band.