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I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.

We don't really have more than acouple of solos. It's just the way our music is put together.

Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.

Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the grooves they create.

I've always done very 'composed' music and worked-out solos. But sometimes it's fun not knowing where you're going.

I don't like guitar solos that are like, 'Look at me, look at me!' I like guitar solos that are little songs within the songs.

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.

You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.

But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material.