I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive..

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 ….

I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs!.

I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old..

I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.'.

It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists..

For the 'Load' album, I was experimenting so much with tone that I had to keep journals on what equipment I was using. For 'Hero of the Day', I know ….

For me, one of the most perfect times to watch a horror movie is when it's cold and raining outside and there's pretty much no outdoor activity to be….

Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm..

I love horror movies in space. I love it when the genre switches over and what was sci-fi becomes horror..

My musical tastes change every week..

The main riff for 'SandMan' was just something I wrote one night..

Getting sequestered and not really knowing what to do with your time and then discovering, 'Oh, I can watch a bunch of horror movies' has probably pl….

I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completel….

Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood..

We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans..

I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of th….

I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!.

If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star Wars,' science fiction stuff, a….

I'm very fortunate to be doing the thing I do best, which is play guitar. There aren't many other things I could do..

It really shocked me just to hear of the fans' response to 'St. Anger' not having guitar solos..