I just started off on my own by learning the regular chords then the barre chords. Then I'd lean the notes that would go with them.

I used to listen a lot to Rolling Stones records and play along with them when I was first starting. It's a good way to learn, jamming around basic music.

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.

I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.

I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.

I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing.

My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything.