The only time I'm miserable is when I can't keep an instrument in tune.

I like my voice, but I can't deliver as much as I wish I could.

Reps once took chances on art, History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals.

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

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

I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I could create musically were equal. So that's where I was.

It's hilarious, because my guitar has what's known as a tremolo bar or a whammy bar. And the whammy bar is probably the most alien thing on my guitar that could possibly relate to a classical guitar.