Go get your heart broken.
When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag
Jeff Beck is my idol. . sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's another one. . I loved Frank Zappa. . . I do think Van Halen reinvented the guitar. . . he's an excellent musician, a shrewd guitarist and as a person he's wonderful.
But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder.
One of the reasons I took up the guitar was I didn't want to speak to anybody. I really felt uncomfortable speaking to people, so I took the guitar up so I could hide behind it. I'm not comfortable explaining things, because my brain doesn't work that way.
I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain.
The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.
Think of your favorite teacher you ever had in school: the one who made it the most fun to go to class. They surprise you. They keep you guessing. They keep you coming back, wanting to know whats going to happen next.
Invention despoils observations, insinuation invalidates memory. A stewpot of bad habits, all of it - so that imaginative writers wind up, by and large, a shifty crew, sunk in distortion, misrepresentation, illusion, imposture, fakery.
Don't diddle the dose. Once you have done your homework, go for it.