I started on drums when I was 13 and played them for two years. Then I went to guitar for a year, played keyboards for a year and a half, and went back to guitar.

I don't like English bands. They're too structured.

I can't see. I used to wear glasses off stage. Now I'm thinking of getting a pair of contract lenses.

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.

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.

You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano.

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