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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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