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

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

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

I got home, picked up my ax, turned on the four-track and just played it ... I played three solos back to back on Cemetery Gates ... the next morning, the second and third solos weren't bad, but the first had that first take magic ! .. I didn't touch it.

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.

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

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.