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I think it gets boring (for the audience) for the lead singer to have a guitar hanging on them all the time.

Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.

Music is still part of my life, but I hate the idea of people coming to see me play the guitar because they've seen me in movies. You want people who are listening to be only interested in the music.

As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.

I want the audience to be so involved in the sweep of the music.

The bulk of my set is instrumental and you have to give yourself and the audience some relief because a performance is not about great guitar playing it's really about entertainment.

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

I'm surrounded by great guitar players.

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.