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

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

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

When you're first starting out, there's always the temptation to hide behind distortion because it lets you get away with murder. But, when it comes to rhythm work, you've gotta back off that gain control a bit, especially if you're playing with another guitarist.

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

For the 'Load' album, I was experimenting so much with tone that I had to keep journals on what equipment I was using. For 'Hero of the Day', I know I used a 1958 Les Paul Standard with a Matchless Chieftain, some Boogie amps and a Vox amp - again, they're all blended.

I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror.