I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.

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.

Some people think a song without words isn't a real song. Tell that to Beethoven and he'll kick your ass!

Rock stars come and go. Musicians play until they die.

The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff 'cause they played two verses, then go off and jam for 20 minutes, come back and do a chorus and end. And I love the live jam stuff, the improvisation.

Major third complications can be overcome by lots of alcohol.

The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.