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.

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

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?

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

I wanted a Gibson type sound, but with a Strat vibrato ... I bought a body from Charvel for $50.00 and a neck for $80.00 - I slapped it together, put an old Gibson PAF in it and painted it up with the stripes

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.