Sometimes if I'm not playing well on stage, I'll purposely play even worse; I'll tear it apart, because I'm so disgusted with what I'm playing that I'll go the wrong route: instead of trying to make it better, I'll go the other way and really make myself sound bad. Which is a kind of a strange outlook I suppose, really.

Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.

Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.

I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits

Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.

I criticize my own work pretty harshly.

I see someone like John Williams, the classical player, and the amount of discipline and the natural ability that man has is so frightening. That requires so much natural talent. And I think my talent came from just practising, and I feel a bit intimidated when I see players that good.