You can't be an actor in a small town-you have to go to New York or L.A.

It's easy to learn but takes a lifetime to master.

I don't think about my mom when I'm onstage. I just don't really think about my kids when I'm working, and when we press stop and I walk outside, they're the first things I think about.

Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.

When I say nothing, I say everything

I would never be able to live in a huge city. I'd feel like one of 100,000 people doing the same thing.

You want to figure out how you want to play the guitar; what your niche would be. Well you just start digging deeper. When you're digging deeper in rock and roll you're on a freight train heading straight for the blues.