The blues scale was the first thing I learned. It's just a pentatonic scale with a flat seventh and a few notes that sound cool when you bend them. And because people have amalgamated the blues into this rock-blues scale, if you're using it, you better sound like a real authentic blues player.

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.

Acting, at least for me, is very unreal, and when I'm doing it, I actually feel embarrassed.

You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made.

The blues scale was the first thing I learned. It's just a pentatonic scale with a flat seventh and a few notes that sound cool when you bend them. And because people have amalgamated the blues into this rock-blues scale, if you're using it, you better sound like a real authentic blues player.

I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems wrong to me.

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.