My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head.

A lot of the main characters in horror movies are outsiders as well, so that outsider syndrome reverberates within horror fans and geeky collectors. It's kind of a rallying call that brings fans and collectors together who are a little socially retarded, maybe.

It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

The main riff for 'SandMan' was just something I wrote one night.

I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.

I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!

Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm.