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

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

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.

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

I'm just a normal schmo like anyone else.

I played 'Eruption' two times for the record, and we kept the one that seemed to flow ... there's a mistake at the top end of it whenever I hear it, I always think, Man I could've played it better ... but I like the way it sounds. I'd never heard a guitar sound like that before.

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