Stay focused when you're playing alive, so you're not distracted by something going on.

Usually we're all comfortable playing the songs, but during the song there might be one part where you're like „oh, this part's coming up, I have to really focus", a lot of songs have those moments in them.

It's hard to answer that from my own perspective because when I'm playing I know where it is coming from and the sources.

I don't have very eclectic tastes in music.

I started playing guitar when I was 12, and I started getting into more metal, like Maiden and Metallica... Of course, as I kind of got better and better in the guitar, I was listening to more guitar players, so then I got into, I guess, more of the prog side.

Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.

It's a balance between getting the right string gauge that's thick enough where it sound good, and not rubber bands - but not too thick where your hands start to get real tired.