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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Every song is different.