The only thing I had in my mind [when I was 17 ] was that I was going to be a professional musician. So it was just the right environment.

Obviously the best way to retain the most profit is to not give any of it away. That's something that you certainly learn through the years.

It's probably no coincidence with the internet and social media and the word being able to spread beyond the radio, where fans can go and talk and congregate and trade stories and a band could communicate news very quickly and in a worldwide basis. I'm sure that's helped in bringing in this case us to more of the forefront of peoples attention.

Dark master of sin, now my soul is yours.

I often think about my Music Man guitars being 100 million percent tailored to my needs as a player and how lucky I am.

Real thick strings - your hands start to get fatigued. As much as you practice, and as much experience as you have, and as long as you've been playing, there is a fatigue point during the show, as with anything that's physical. So I wanted to basically pace myself better.

My main objective with a home studio - I could get into doing full band demos - but my first objective is to cut things like guitar tracks and solos at home.