“Someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.”

King Crimson is never easy; it’s challenging. That’s why I like it.

I love drums and still play frequently.

My heart and soul are in the Stratocaster.

My inspiration and usual subject matter: life.

Currently I’m working with Parker Fly on a new Midi guitar to arrive next year.

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn’t be able to sound like.

And taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

Yes, but don’t forget I also have the luxury of the worlds finest band when it gets lonely.

My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

Songs, ideas, even paintings are pouring out of me.

I’ve developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.

Nothing juices me up creatively like being in my own studio for an extended period.

I have no secrets; all of these things have been discussed at length in guitar magazines.

Analog for fatness and warmth.

I have enjoyed all the artists I’ve worked with.

DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more.

Our Palestinian brethren continue to be slaughtered at the hands of Israelis while the world turns the other cheek.

If he does it outwardly (among others) then he has dishonored and shamed him.

What kills us isn’t one big thing, but thousands of tiny obligations we can’t turn down for fear of disappointing others.

Be hard on yourself, easy on others.

On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.

Those who divorce aren’t necessarily the most unhappy, just those neatly able to believe their misery is caused by one other person.

Literature deserves its prestige for one reason above all others – because it’s a tool to help us live and die with a little bit more wisdom, goodness, and sanity.

We should read other people’s books in order to learn what we feel; it is our own thoughts we should be developing, even if it is another writer’s thought that help us to do so.