I'd rather work than not.

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.

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

Lots of times it really doesn't matter what notes you play, but what notes come before and after a run.

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 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 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.