I Was Lucky Enough To Get To

I Got Home, Picked Up My Ax, Turned On The Four-track And Just Played It ... I Played Three Solos Back To Back On Cemetery Gates ... The Next Morning, The Second And Third Solos Weren't Bad, But The First Had That First Take Magic ! .. I Didn't Touch It.

I Was More Influenced By Players Like Randy Rhoads And Eddie Van Halen Than By The Guys In Southern Rock Bands.

My Heroes Were Eddie Van Halen - Especially After Van Halen I, Ii, Iii, And Iv - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley And Dudes Like That. My Brother Played Drums And We Jammed In The Garage And Started Writing Our Own Stuff.

To Get My Sound In The Studio, I Double Guitar Tracks, And When It Gets To The Lead Parts, The Rhythm Drops Out, Just Like It's Live. I'm Very Conscious Of That.

The Worst Advice I Ever Received From My Dad Was To Play By The Book.