I don't go walking into things blind.

Many people in the neighborhood liked hip-hop and house music, and I couldn't play that. You can't perform that on guitar or drums, which was what I was playing, at the time. But, I got so much from mariachi bands that were constantly playing in the neighborhood.

I suggested back in 1980 to do a chronological live album, but there wasn't that much enthusiasm for it.

Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.

My favorite guitar solo of all time was Elliot Randall's on `Reelin' In The Years'.

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

I always felt if we were going in to do an album, there should already be a lot of structure already made up so we could get on with that and see what else happened.