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The Marshall guitar amplifier doesn't just get louder when you turn it up. It distorts the sound to produce a whole range of new harmonics, effectively turning a plucked string instrument into a bowed one.

It's fun, but the fun is where it always was. I mean, it's still fun to strap on my Les Paul in the basement and turn up the Marshall amp. I'm still 15. I still enjoy that as much as I ever did.

I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.

I like the guitar better these days. I like the bass, too, but it's hard to fit a bass amp in a small car.

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain.

I've got a Fender Concert amp from the '60s, the one Joe Osborn used. He played his bass through it.

A lot of modern amps and preamps sound great when you're jamming by yourself, but don't hold up in a band situation. The sound isn't dense enough, and the lows and highs tend to get soaked up by the bass and cymbals.

I always got great respect as a bass player.

I've always loved the electric guitar: to hold it and work it and hear what it does is unreal.

Guitars have been the obsession of my life. I first picked one up at the age of four and I've been a guitar junkie ever since.