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Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

I'm not a guitar hero.

Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

I do understand that onstage there are times when you think, 'I could not be more alive than I am at this moment. I can't do most things in life. This is what I'm for.'

I'd say it's harder to play with an acoustic guitar strapped over your shoulder for a few hundred people than it is to play in front of thousands with an entire bombastic band behind you.

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

To survive in a profession like this, you have to have absolute discipline and commitment, and I did not quite have it for musical theater.

I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.

A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time.