I admire Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather, but they might blow me away quite easily if we were to jam together.

I can't play long solos anymore without boring myself.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.

the thing about pessimism is that in most cases it's nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.

You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there.

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.