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My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.

I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.

Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.

My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room.

I have one custom guitar which I play almost exclusively. I have others - sometimes you want a little texture, kind of a different sound or something.

Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound.

I've always liked a very dry snare and, like everyone else, a very dry bass drum.

I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound.