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

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

I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old.

I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.

For me, one of the most perfect times to watch a horror movie is when it's cold and raining outside and there's pretty much no outdoor activity to be done. It kind of sets the mood.

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

Ampeg made incredible guitar heads in the early Nineties and then stopped. And I don't know why. The one we used had a nice clean, warm sound, and it blended well with the other amps that were in the studio.