There's A Plaque On Our Wall That

You've Only Got 12 Notes And However You Mix Them Up Is Your Thing.

The Stainless-steel Frets Were A Major Breakthrough, Because Of The Amount Of Playing And Bending That I Do. I Have To Get My Guitars Refretted Every Couple Of Months.

I Can't Read Music. Instead, I'd Do Stuff Inside The Piano, Do Harmonics And All Kinds Of Crazy Things. They Used To Put Me In These Annual Piano Contests Down At Long Beach City College, And Two Years In A Row, I Won First Prize - Out Of Like 5,000 Kids!

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 Just Consider Myself Slightly Left-of-center. I'm Not Your Average Bear. I - What's The Word? I'm Not - Normal.