I was just a punk kid, trying to get a sound out of a guitar that I couldn't get off the rack, so I built one myself ... I wanted a Gibson type of sound but with a Strat vibrato .. I went to town painting it and I put three pickups back in, but they don't work - only the rear one works

It's always about the music, never about anything else.

Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.

I just consider myself slightly left-of-center. I'm not your average bear. I - what's the word? I'm not - normal.

The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.