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When you write, it's making a certain kind of music in your head. There's a rhythm to it, a pulse, and on the whole, I'm writing to that drum rather than the psychological process.

When I'm writing a record, I kind of don't listen to much music. Just because I want to be inspired solely on the emotion; just based on how it feels.

I'm inspired by anyone who's honest in their own expression, people who truly beat to the rhythm of their own drum.

I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

Almost everything I've done, I've done through my own creativity. I don't think I ever had to listen to anyone else to learn how to play drums. I wish I could say that for about ten thousand other drummers.

I did a lot of work without thinking about it in a calm, rational way. Stopping and thinking about what I was doing made my music calmer and deeper in tone.

Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open up the doors to musical inspiration.

I find inspiration and rhythm in everything. Really I do. And I find inspiration in the really quiet moments.

I definitely feel excited to be able to put really hard beats - like hip-hop beats - behind my music, more than I did before.