“My heart and soul are in the Stratocaster.”

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

I love drums and still play frequently.

Someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.

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.

My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.

In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow – and at this point I think the odds are against me…

I’m enjoying where I’m at in my life and I feel like I’m learning a lot on a daily basis.

Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.

I won’t do a movie or a video that would bring disrespect to my mother.

It’s nice to finally be my own person.

I think the biggest challenge when I’m on the road is being away from my family.

At my age flowers scare me.