The teeth on [the viperfish] are so long that if they closed inside the mouth of the fish, it would actually impale its own brain.
Well, I haven't been doing that much work with other people per se. I started doing more of that.
There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.
Well, Steve Vai joined my dad's band right around the time when I actually started playing guitar. So he gave me a couple of lessons on fundamentals, and gave me some scales and practice things to work on. But I pretty much learned everything by ear.
Music can be so disturbing and frustrating. I mean the business side of it. The actual making music part is fun, but the business side of it is just so out of control, has nothing to do with anything.
The Silvertop and the Goldtop both had subtlety where it was needed but lots of definition as well. I liked the different voicings of the distortionfuzz elements.
Everybody else goes out and plays a show as if it's their album, which is boring. I'd rather sit at home and listen to the album, because I hate to be in a smoke-filled, loud room - that's not enjoyable for me at all. . . I always look up to guys who can sit and do dinner music. . . they're singing in tune and playing somebody else's music, and I don't think I could do that. . . it's the shittiest job in the world.
My life was going to flash before my eyes, but it decided to hide behind my eyes and quake with terror instead.
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all.
If you've got kids you know you've only got one prayer: "Let my kids outlive me. " That's the bottom of everything.
You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.