If you copy then it is not self-expression.

Depression is something that makes you lose your sight.

I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I dont just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I dont hear it then I cant feed myself.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.

If you are a musician and you dont show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything.

When you are live you never know what is going to happen.

Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to.