I put a metronome up to all the songs, and I tried to really keep it true to the original tempos.

I got cat class and I got cat style

I thought it would be cool to take flat-picking and put it in overdrive. I thought it would bend the ear.

Don't be afraid to take liberties with this music. Try and put some of yourself into it.

I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did.

,,, all around it would have to be Eddie Cochran, because it wasn't just music with him; it was his guitar playing, his look, his singing, I'd say that, all things considered, he's probably my favorite "cat" of all time

My D'Angelico is a jazz archtop guitar. That guitar was made for Glenn Miller's guitar player in 1939. It's a '39 D'Angelico New Yorker.