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

I've always considered transcribing to be an invaluable tool in the development of one's musical ear and, over the years, I have spent countless glorious hours transcribing different kinds of music, either guitar-oriented or not.

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.

Make an exercise out of everything you can’t do.

The guitar is the coolest instrument in the world.

If you want to be a virtuoso then you have to set your sights above me. You have to go beyond what I'm doing. And that's for you to figure out. Because if you can do that, then I'm going to be trying to go beyond you.

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