We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

I'm very fortunate to be doing the thing I do best, which is play guitar. There aren't many other things I could do.

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!

It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos.

If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star Wars,' science fiction stuff, autographs, and prop guns and weapons. I have to draw the line somewhere.

Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo.

Much of my playing is rhythmic and choppy; I use a lot of double stops. The wah just accents all those stops and chops and brings out the rhythmic aspect that much more.