You've only got 12 notes and however you mix them up is your thing.

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

Holdsworth is so damned good that I can't cop anything. I can't understand what he's doing. I've got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he'll do it with one hand.

I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!

Everything comes to me while I'm sitting on the pot.

I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.

There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release.