No. I Usually Rest In My Satin-lined

There Is Far More Sensitivity In Acoustic Guitar Players Than Could Ever Be Compared To Any Synthesizer. That's A Personal Point Of View But That's The Way I See It. I Think That's What It's All About. The Drive, The Fire, The Passion - It All Comes Out On The Guitar.

There's A Very Old Recording Maxim That Goes, 'distance Makes Depth.' I've Used That A Hell Of A Lot-whether It's Tracking Guitars Or The Whole Band. People Are Used To Close-miking Amps, But I'd Have A Mic Out Around The Back, As Well, And Then Balance The Two. Also, You Shouldn't Have To Use Eq In The Studio If The Instruments Sound Right. You Should Be Able To Get The Right Tones Simply With The Science Of Microphone Placement.

I Can Only Listen To What I'm Working On, At The Time. I Can't Listen To Anything Else Because I Don't Want To Copy It.

From The Classical Guitar Right Through To The Furthest Electrical Experiments And Everything In-between, It's Amazing What The Guitar Can Actually Do. I Mean, When One Thinks About Sounds.

Many People In The Neighborhood Liked Hip-hop And House Music, And I Couldn't Play That. You Can't Perform That On Guitar Or Drums, Which Was What I Was Playing, At The Time. But, I Got So Much From Mariachi Bands That Were Constantly Playing In The Neighborhood.