Even as a kid, if I would come across something cool in the record store, that would be how I found out about bands. It's kind of the same way these days. In a way even less because there are no record stores to go to anymore.

The internet is a great thing but the worst thing that it brought to the music business was piracy and it's made making stuff available really difficult.

To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it's fun, too. The day that it's not fun, that's when I'm not gonna play guitar anymore.

To be honest, I'm one of the least-technical guitar players around. I just want a guitar to feel good and sound good. That's it, period.

I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.

As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.

Theres a thousand other things I would rather spend money on than a car.