Guitar Playing Isn't Really For Everybody.

I Try To Write Like The Writers I Admire - I Rip Them Off In Form. It Comes From George Strait And Merle Haggard Records, And Country Music In General Is Really Good At That, The Twisted Phrase... So Im Always Looking For That Angle In My Own Work.

Unless You're A True Prodigy, You're Going To Have To Practice For A While Being Bad Before You Get Any Good. And It Will Seem Like A Waste Of Time. I Remember That Feeling Well. But Don't Worry About Wasting Time, Because It'll Be So Worth It. It's My Experience That In The End, Life Lessons And Guitar Lessons Begin To Blur In All Sorts Of Interesting Ways.

Even On The Most Serious Ballads, I'll Throw In A Tongue-in-cheek Remark.

I Really Worked To Try And Be Creative Enough On The Guitar Parts So Those Who Aren't Real Educated Would Know That There Was Some Difficulty In Doing It.

Playing Live Is About Going For It .. It's About Bringing It ... You Should See A Bunch Of People Trying Out Stuff, Actually Performing, Instead Of Learning The Record And Recreating It Note For Note. I Can't Play The Show The Same Way Every Night .. I Really Need To Be In A Creative Environment, Every Night Or I'll Go Nuts ... My Manager Accuses Me Of Singing Just Long Enough To Get Me To My Next Guitar Solo - Which Is True.