Some of us are going to play faster than others. Hitting the right notes and getting your technique right is so much more important than speed.

I started learning to sing what I liked, to experience it in a visceral way. Then it's inside. Get rid of the neurosis and then you can improvise.

When you hear an instrumental song someone is singing over, you know right away it's wrong.

When you think about where guitar playing is going today...: it's going everywhere at the same time.

18th September, 1970; Jimi Hendrix dies. I'm still on the football team when I get the news. So I take my helmet off and confront the coach to tell him I'm quitting the team. In a moment of brilliance he gives me one look and says "OK".

I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do.

I'm ready to take the heat.