There are people who have an image of me as being rude and inconsiderate. But I'm completely the opposite, because I was raised not to be. I might have been tripping over myself drunk, but I was always courteous.

An anagram of Axl Rose is oral sex. Why do I know? Because when I'm not playing music I love solving erotic jumbles.

Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a great movie.

I love classical music. It has left a major mark on my playing.

Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me.

Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right.

I don't think there's anything better than hearing your favorite band live.