If I Can Help A Kid Discover

A Guitar Is A Very Personal Extension Of The Person Playing It. You Have To Be Emotionally And Spiritually Connected To Your Instrument. I'm Very Brutal On My Instruments, But Not All The Time.

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' Took A Year To Record; That's Why The Playing On It Might Sound Somewhat Labored. 'balance,' On The Other Hand, Was Written And Recorded In Only Four Months, So The Whole Process Was Quicker And More Immediate.

Everything Comes To Me While I'm Sitting On The Pot.

It Comes Back To The Same Old Question People Are Always Asking Me: 'when Are You Going To Do A Solo Record?' Well, If I Did, It Would Probably Be Similar To 'baluchitherium,' Meaning It Would Be Van Halen Music - Which I Write Anyway - But Without Singing.

I Was So Used To Doing Old Blues Licks With The First Three Fingers. When I Started Using My Pinky And Finding More Spread Things, That's When I Started Getting My Own Style.