A lot of things just got distorted, like stories about each other. After the tour we never talked. I believe a band should be a band.

All the different styles I've played have really helped me as a guitarist and helped me develop my own way of playing.

Anything I heard I was influenced by. There wasn't any particular person, outside of Hendrix.

Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.

For me, practice isn't doing scales but doing things like writing, jamming with other people, or playing gigs.

Having the bass up on the amp is the ticket. Plus you have to work a lot with the tone controls on the guitar.

How do you stop somebody from growing?

I blew my voice out and the doctor said, don't even talk for a week.

I came in with a completely new perspective. I would write songs and they would pick tunes they felt were in the Purple vein.