The guitar part is the pivot of everything we do, so if you change the guitar part you no longer have what it is.

During my early period I had custom-made overdrive stuff because I didn't like what they were making at the time.

I was very keen on people like Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Gene Vincent.

I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.

Oddly enough, Hendrix is not my favorite guitar player. There are very few guitar players I get feeling from.

A certain death of an artist is overconfidence.

I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable.