Branching out to other genres - I think it's why people put me apart from other guitar instrumentalists.

Oh my God, Guns N' Roses - it's like, jeez, that's what made me move out to Los Angeles. 'Welcome to the Jungle,' you know - it's been a huge inspiration for me.

I'm still obsessed with Kiss. I'm still obsessed with Van Halen. I guess we don't change that much from being kids. Either we don't change that much, or we just have really good taste.

I'm a Telecaster connoisseur, and I love my Teles. I have one from almost every year since the very beginning, in 1950. I'm so obsessed with them.

I was a valet for celebrity parties.

I always look for inspiration. If I find something that's inspiring, I'm so excited because it is very hard to find something inspiring.

There's not many crazy guitar instrumentalists out there that put on a crazy monster show.

In my eyes, and in my opinion, the guitar is strong and powerful and will never die.

There's 24 hours in a day, and I'm working most of them.

I'm always working and recording. It's just what makes me happy.

Chet Atkins, I love his singer style and the country thing that he did. He really had a huge impact in my life, just his style - western swing and the country thing he did - it really changed my life.

I just love music and great guitar players.

I'm always up early. I have so much to do, it's unbelievable how much I have to do in a day. So I have to get at 7 o'clock every morning, and I go to bed at midnight. You know, and I'm just going that whole time.

Personally, I like records that are very varied in sound. Not just like, 'Oh, here's 12 super heavy tracks,' and they're all the same tempo.

I'd love to work with Prince. He's such an amazing musician.

Slayer just goes from generation to generation to generation, because it's just so great.

Inspiration is one of my favorite things. That's all I want to do - I want to inspire people.

I was such a sponge with music.

'Hee Haw' was a huge influence on me.

I've been playing live since I was in sixth grade.

I like records that are all over the place. That's why I think my favorite Beatles record was always 'The White Album.'

'This Is My Rifle' is a kind of tribute to Al Di Meola.

How it's been with me, it doesn't really matter what kind of music it is as long as it's good and catchy and I enjoy it. That's why I know all these different styles of music, just because it's fun. Whatever is good, I like it.

I would definitely say Zombie has been the best time I've ever had. It is just so great and so fun because, you know, we all get along so well, and, you know, it's just like, everybody, we're just all friends here, and we're just having a really, really, really great time.

I can get inspired, like anyone, from movies or music or TV or a certain way people think.

It's always good to go outside of your comfort zone.

Sometimes if you're in the studio for a very long time, you want to get out and play live shows and vice versa.

I wanted to do this so badly, to be a successful musician.

I want to make money playing guitar.

I love talking to people, and I'll listen to what they have to say, and if they have ideas or something like that, I'll put you to work.

I'm always happy with a guitar in my hand.

I'm always playing guitar.

I think I'm always writing, and I'm always working, and I'm always trying to be creative. It's just something that I do all the time. I watch TV, and I'll play guitar.

I know singers; I've worked with some of the greatest singers in the world.

I've been doing instrumental records now for a long time and built up this little fan base, which is worldwide, and it's incredible how big it's gotten. People really enjoy these records.

Writing songs, especially with the instrumental stuff, it's difficult.

I think there are so, so, so, so many things you have to be... to do this... you know, to keep going in the music business. Of course, you have to play well with others, you know, and you have to be smart with business and be good at your craft and be healthy.

I'm playing all the time. It's a gift, and I'm so happy for that gift. It's really engulfed my life in a good way. I make time.

If I wasn't in the band, I'm a Zombie fan, and I'm a White Zombie fan.

I get starstruck... I don't know, because a lot of my heroes are my really good friends.

The guitar is my whole life.

I consider myself a musician. I like to play everything.

People don't buy music anymore; they're stealing it. But you can't steal a live show. There's no way to reproduce a real live show. So I think that when you put a great bill together, that people will come out for it.

I am from Michigan; I am from Grosse Pointe. I was upper class growing up there.

You pick up a lot of things as a kid. That's why I play Telecaster.

When my parents gave me that first guitar, I became totally obsessed. I would stay in my room all the time with it, and my parents were concerned.

A lot of bands, they take a lot of planning to do a live record. They have to hire a crew, and they have to have a recording truck and all this equipment, and they record every single show.

You can go pretty much anywhere in the world, and people know 'Beat It.' When I was growing up, you heard it everywhere. I remember being a kid and going to school dances and stuff, and they always played it.

I just try to go outside the box. In fact, I go outside the box so much I go... 'What box!'

What I do is, I look at rock guitar players, and I say to myself, 'What is this guy doing? What does he have that can inspire me?' I try to see what other people are doing and take what they have and turn it and twist it into my own thing.