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

Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.

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.

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

Every song is different.

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