I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.

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.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.

The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans.

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.

I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I knew everything, it just had to be developed.

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.