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.

The music is a personal expression, like art. It is something that you like doing that comes from within, and is an expression that comes from God. That is why artists are beautiful and why people who copy are not really artistic.

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.

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

It would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos.

I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.