“When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used ...” — John Otto Quote

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.

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.

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

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.

I approached flying with full enthusiasm and even won a scholarship. Fate, it seems, had other plans and after completing my course, i ended up modeling.

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry building. I want to enjoy my philanthropy.

After completing school, I shifted to Mumbai in 2007. I started training under different teachers.

For the offenders completing these short sentences whose lives are destabilised, and for society which incurs a heavy financial and social cost, prison simply isn't working.