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.

Once I was playing and moving around and I fell right on my back. Just straight on my back. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life.

I have my own style, but it's different for each kind of music. There are certain little characteristic things every player has.

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

A lot of times I wish I would have learned to read music, but I'm very impatient.

I came in with a completely new perspective. I would write songs and they would pick tunes they felt were in the Purple vein.

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.