Aqualung is one that my brother turned me onto. It wasn't that hard-rocking, but Martin Barre had a really good sound. He knew what he was doing.

If you're into what you're playing, that's the most important thing.

It's a good feeling, that you can put your heart out there, no matter how black it is, and people can understand it.

A lot of modern amps and preamps sound great when you're jamming by yourself, but don't hold up in a band situation. The sound isn't dense enough, and the lows and highs tend to get soaked up by the bass and cymbals.

There was so much good and different music back then and you'd just keep moving through it and discovering more new stuff. I went through my Black Sabbath phase before I even started playing guitar.

Send me money, send me green, and Heaven you will meet. Make your contribution and you'll get a better seat.

I'm not generally a big solo guy, because I'm not into showing off that way.