Beyond the Thunder is the closest I've recorded to an acoustic thing.

I met the Santana band when I was 14. By the time I was 15, I was a member of the band.

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.

Nobody's perfect. Everyone slides here and there, and they have their ups and downs. When they are down, that is not the time to step all over them.

I'm not a guy to go in the studio and spend months, let alone years, like some people do. I cannot even be in the studio for a month, it will drive me nuts.

I'm just getting older and better.

The only thing I use the Rolling Stone for is toilet paper when I run out.