It's funny how you can struggle with one piece and write a better one in a minute. When things come easy, it means it's good.

R.I.P. Steve Jobs. I bet you're busy right now revolutionizing and redesigning the afterlife for all of us to enjoy when our time comes

When these guitar mags bring up that stuff up and say such and such came up with this and that which is pushing the boundaries, I just say, "let's step back for a minute and admit something: nothing has happened for the last 100 years." And it's okay. It's not a bad thing ... We're all working with "tools" that have been in existence for the last 100 years and there hadn't been a new "tool" for a long long time.

Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care most about, but it's really the melody playing that is the cornerstone of what I'm working on.

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.

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

There's a fine line between giving the sense of freedom and being too free.