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.

I wanted to be a composer before anything else. And my sister was listening to Led Zeppelin in the other room! When I heard that, it was a game-changer.

Possessing a healthy imagination is a necessary ingredient for creativity.

I awake, I meditate, get the kids off to school, go to the gym, go to the Favored Nations office, and usually at around 1 pm I'm home and do music the rest of the day.

When you get down to it, the way that the music affects you individually is the most important thing, and when you let things like the location of a band get in the way or have an effect on your overview, you're cheating yourself out of a really good time.

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

It's very hard to come across as a passionate human being in print. People can't hear the inflections in your voice.