Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.

I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.

If you play jazz, then you play with your fingers. If you're playing rock, you use a pick. There's really no rhyme or reason to that other than that's just the way it has been.

I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs.

The belief that we are what the media says we are, what people perceive we are, is soon to be what we think we are. We are treated based on this warped perception. It is hard to get away from it.

I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.

James Brown is the reason I play guitar.