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

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

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.

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

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.

What I have is a bunch of really hungry, amazingly talented guys that can kick anybody's rear end.

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