I dedicated all the time I had to it. The 10 hour workout was just what I put in the magazine at the time, but for me it was every waking moment.

I was always one of those guys who was a seeker after truth. I want to know what's going on.

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

That's the thing about great artists: They find the thing that's most obvious to themselves, what's most conscious and natural, and they put it out there and the audience comes.

The tone is in your fingers, not in your amp or effects.

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

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.