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

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

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.

Eee-nee-mee-nee-my-nee-moe

Basic anatomy. That has got to be the ongoing frustration: Why can't my fingers do what I want them to do? Not being able to play what I hear in my head - that is the ultimate source of frustration.

My inspirations don't come from outer space, they just come to me. I have no idea why they come when they do.