I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.

My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it.

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book. My old man used to flip out whenever I would try to branch out and do something different. Although he didn't do it on purpose, he really held me back in the beginning.

It kills me when I see some metal band trying to pass themselves off as an 'alternative band.

I'm not saying I wouldn't play a seven-string. It's just that I've never needed one. Most dudes who play seven-strings don't sound any different than someone playing a six-string that's tuned down.

A lot of bands whine about the road and how tough it is.

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.