I don't think I approach my songs differently from other artists. You get a big picture of it, and you imagine the song and hear and feel it, and that big picture is like a snapshot, and it comes to you as fast as it takes to click a camera.

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

Besides being a guitar player, I'm a big fan of the guitar. I love that damn instrument.

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.

I've never really heard anybody imitating anything of mine the way they do with Edward Van Halen's stuff.

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

I saw this trend happening with the proliferation of guitar clinics and schools. And I was approached to do a camp in the past, but I wanted to have a good enough idea because most of them are just about jamming and learning. I decided I wanted a theme for each camp.