I definitely don't see myself as much of a singer, because my upbringing is really based around the guitar, learning chord progressions and that sort of thing. So the singing aspect of what I do has been a secondary adventure.

It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar.

Every record turns into whatever the listener gets out of it.

One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.

I got into one Metallica record. That was about it. I never got into AC/DC or Black Sabbath or any of that. I was interested in the side of heavy metal that had interesting guitar ideas, but that was a very short-lived thing.

It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.

I don't like the way recording to digital sounds.