You can always pound out demos and send them to record companies, but most of the successful bands I've seen are the ones that can sustain themselves.

I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back.

There are guys in country music who are wizards on the guitar. If you're a country fan, you're used to it. But as a rock guitar player, you listen.

I don't want fans to think we're clean, upstanding American boys, but we are Americans, and we do stand up.

My chosen instrument is guitar and, fortunately, I'm able to muddle through that. I can play guitar to the point where I can express myself artistically.

I didn't think I could go onstage and play unless I had a beer to loosen up. Well, if it was only one beer to loosen up, I'd probably still be drinking today.

Describing certain sounds, there's a common language that guitar players have.