I wish I was a shredder that could play everything, but I don't have the patience.

I've done a lot of talk shows where you can tell that the host is just thinking about what he wants to say next while you're answering him and that's really uncomfortable.

Guitar playing is just something that came to me and is really second nature now.

I've always been a fan of music where you can hear new things each time you listen.

Yeah, I can read music and I know the names of chords.

Jane's Addiction has only put out new music when our hearts were in and when we had something to say creatively.

I never have a realistic sense of self. I either think everything I do is terrible and I'm the worst guy on the planet, or from time to time I'll think I'm the greatest gift to music and the coolest guy who ever lived, but that happens maybe an hour out of the week. Some days I'm more concerned with how my hair looks than what my guitar sounds like.