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.

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

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

We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.

I would just listen to records and learn what I could, then just roll it over and over and over.

To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very conscious of that.

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.