The same sensations that you get in heavy metal are in horror movies. Heavy metal sounds evil and horror movies are evil, ha ha!

The movie 'Black Cat,' from 1934, is one of my favorite movies.

Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time.

Basically I just had to say, 'Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to me and our music.' So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs.

Musically, there's a movement called the flatted fifth that's really evil-sounding. It was outlawed by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. That movement is what gives you a real evil sound that conjures up dark, fantastic images. It's like an audio horror movie. It personifies what a horror movie is about.

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy.