It's hilarious, because my guitar has what's known as a tremolo bar or a whammy bar. And the whammy bar is probably the most alien thing on my guitar that could possibly relate to a classical guitar.

I don't believe in 'greatest'. I believe in favorites.

If I remain true to what's in my heart, that's all the success I need.

The cool thing about playing is that the more you do it, the better you get.

If you want to play something that you can't, you need to see and hear yourself doing it in your minds eye. It will start to happen

A good solo is like a book. It will start out in a phrase, it will go on in paragraphs, and then it will have a great ending.

There's very notable dynamics in all of the collaborations I've done. It's hard to say if one is more important than the other, but if I had to think of all situations and point to one band that I enjoyed most it would be when I was eight years old. I had a band with my little sister and the kid across the street. We sat around all day playing music and it was bliss. I didn't have any expectations or do it for anyone or worry about selling an album. That was really my favorite band. We were called Hot Chocolate.