I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix.

I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.

If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that’s a wonderful thing.

I'll be making music 'til the day I die. I've done all kinds of stuff, and more is coming.

I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.

A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.

I went to the zoo one day and saw a chimp playing with a beat-up acoustic guitar in a way I had never seen before. Instead of using the pick the chimp was banging the neck and tapping it with its fingers. I knew the chimp was on to something so I practiced this new technique in my room for hours until I'd perfected it.