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.

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

I'd rather work than not.

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

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

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

For me, practice isn't doing scales but doing things like writing, jamming with other people, or playing gigs.