For a while I was collecting Satan and devil stuff - you know, anything that had to do with old Beelzebub or Lucifer. But I had to put the brakes on it, because there's a lot of stuff out there, and the collection was just growing too quickly.

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.

I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive.

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

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.

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

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