My Son, Wolfgang, Plays Drums, Guitars And

The Only Band I Was Really Over-into Was Cream. And The Only Thing I Really Liked About Them Was Their Live Stuff 'cause They Played Two Verses, Then Go Off And Jam For 20 Minutes, Come Back And Do A Chorus And End. And I Love The Live Jam Stuff, The Improvisation.

It's Funny, When Bands Or Younger Musicians Ask Me: 'so, What Does It Take To Make It?' Well, First Explain To Me What You Mean By 'making It': Do You Want To Be A Rock Star Or Do You Want Music To Be Your Livelihood?

And If I Would Have Taken Lessons I Probably Wouldn't Have Done It, And What Forced Me To Do All This Weird Stuff On The Guitar Was I Couldn't Afford Effects Pedals, I Didn't Have All This Stuff When I Was A Kid So I Just Tried To Squeeze All The Weird Noises I Could Out Of The Guitar, Which Brings Me To Building Guitars.

I Went To The Zoo One Day And Saw A Chimp Playing With A Beat-up Acoustic Guitar In A Way I Had Never Seen Before. Instead Of Using The Pick The Chimp Was Banging The Neck And Tapping It With Its Fingers. I Knew The Chimp Was On To Something So I Practiced This New Technique In My Room For Hours Until I'd Perfected It.

Holdsworth Is So Damned Good That I Can't Cop Anything. I Can't Understand What He's Doing. I've Got To Do This [does Two-hand Tapping], Whereas He'll Do It With One Hand.