Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

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

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

Metallica is like the phoenix rising from the ashes. We set everything on fire, and this is what has risen from it - St. Anger being the fire and Death Magnetic being the phoenix.

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

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

I think the whole concept behind lyrics is you better mean what you say, or you should like, become a storyteller. I mean, there's a lot of bands who are just storytellers, and then there are bands who actually have something valid to say. And the bands who have valid points are few and far between.