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

What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.

The only thing that's holding you back, is the way you're thinking.

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.

We may be human, but we're still animals.

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.

Find what you're best at and exaggerate it.