The best money I made was panhandling.

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 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'll play drums a lot at home, and it will help my wrist action.

How do you stop somebody from growing?

I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.

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