My Guitars Are My Umbilical Cord. They're

Basically I Just Had To Say, 'screw Everyone Around Me - From Now On I'm Just Gonna Play What I Think Is Important To Me And Our Music.' So I Gave The Big Finger To All The Current Trends In Technical Wizardry, And Just Went Off And Did What I Felt Was Best For The Songs.

When You're First Starting Out, There's Always The Temptation To Hide Behind Distortion Because It Lets You Get Away With Murder. But, When It Comes To Rhythm Work, You've Gotta Back Off That Gain Control A Bit, Especially If You're Playing With Another Guitarist.

I Don't Think Success Has Changed Us As People At All. We Are The Same Lunatics That We Were When This Band First Got Going. We Never See Ourselves As Being On A Higher Level Than Our Fans.

It's Definitely True That Stevie Ray Vaughan Is One Of My All-time Favorite Guitarists.

I Think The Whole Concept Behind Lyrics Is You Better Mean What You Say, Or You Should Like, Become A Storyteller. I Mean, There's A Lot Of Bands Who Are Just Storytellers, And Then There Are Bands Who Actually Have Something Valid To Say. And The Bands Who Have Valid Points Are Few And Far Between.