The hardest part is to travel, and to be away from your family.

Shortly after that, we got management problems over in England, and Judas Priest asked me to join.

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.

I started out myself rather late you see, I was 18.

In my first bands I was a singing guitar player, but if you heard any of those songs you wouldn't describe me as a singer. But I can make it work.

There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have.

We love not just Judas Priest music, but we love heavy metal and we love to get out on that stage every night and perform. It's a joy to be able to do it.