I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.

Can't stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it's just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset. When you think of all the subtleties that were built into the guitar and amps for you to discover they completely cover the whole lot with a rack of effects. The guitar doesn't need that.

At the end of the day, there are a hell of a lot of notes being played out there and I defy the average middle-American or the average punter to differentiate between them.

I would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.

I play the way I do cause it allows me to come up w/ the sickest sounds possible. That's the point now isn't it?

I'm happy in English studios. I just feel like there's no pressure anywhere.

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.