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

I designed a guitar for Ibanez and then they started manufacturing it - it's called the Jem - it's 26 years old and I still play it. As a kid I liked Les Pauls and Strats, but they had limitations for the kind of playing I wanted to do.

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

The cool thing about playing is that the more you do it, the better you get.

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.

I'm a big fan of cultural music, and that's how I try to expand my playing, by listening to music that is not conventionally American.

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.