At some point around '94 or '95, 'Rolling Stone' said that guitar rock was dead and that the Chemical Brothers were the future. I think that was the last issue of 'Rolling Stone' I ever bought.

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

Why would heavy metal ever go away?

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 have enough to think about - I just don't ever want to have to think about my car.

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.

I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a guitar and noodle around, but it's rare.