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.

Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.

My first joint I smoked onstage in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I smoked my first joint live.

I'd rather work than not.

I learned a lot about lead; you don't have to blow your cookies in the first bar. It is much harder to be simple that to be complicated during solos.

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 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.