Maybe the biggest thing that I've learned musically is that anything is possible. Things can work when maybe they don't seem like they can.
There are nights when you can feel stale because you've fallen into a pattern by touring too much, but it's easy to get out of it by deliberately getting in trouble and playing yourself into a corner to then see if you can get out of it.
To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.
Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.
I was in a band called Groove Solution. Because there was a groove crisis, and we solved it.
If the rhythm or beat of the music changes with a live orchestra, you have to think on your feet. If you feel like you are not on your leg, you have to make a decision to make it look as though nothing is going wrong.
You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days.
You can put me in front of any kit, and it is a fun thing to have to adapt. It inspires me to try different things. I like that.
I'm not that knowledgeable with the guitar - I just find ways that are pretty creative, but it's all within the framework and the limitations of what I can do.
