As long as I know what key the solo is in, I try to kind of empty my mind and not think about anything. I just play without thinking.

One thing I love to do is produce. I've produced a couple of bands. I mean, nothing ever really happened with 'em, but I enjoy getting a young band into the studio and guiding them, and making them feel at ease.

By the time I'm 40, interplanetary travel will be common. Nobody will want to talk to me at that age, anyway.

If I had known I would influence so many guitarists, I would have practiced more.

For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.

I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.

I look at my kid, and one part of me wants to keep her as my little baby. But, y'know, the bottom line is she's 18!