The guitar is the coolest instrument in the world.

I'm always pursuing knowledge; I'm a seeker of spiritual equilibrium - and music is a big part of that.

I can tell you this: I'm an extremely passionate individual. I try to be careful how I display it because you never know how people are going to take it.

Find what you're best at and exaggerate it.

Along with its enchanting and exquisite melodies, West Side Story has attitude and a tremendous amount of frenetic energy. It's emotional, theatrical and technical. It's everything.

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.

When I was a teenager in the '70s, I was really into those great bands like Led Zeppelin and Queen and Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper.