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However you feel about Dimebag, this is one of the most influential metal guitar players of the '90s. I was just talking to someone that I am hiring to bring on the tour who said that, when he was at the funeral, that Eddie Van Halen came and put his striped guitar in the coffin. That's a pretty big deal.

When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.

I don't care how famous a guitarist is, he ain't learned everything. There's always somewhere to go, something to mash up, but he ain't found it yet. You never learn everything on that guitar neck.

Great guitar players are a dime a dozen. It is sometimes your very limitations as players that set you apart from the crowd.

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.

There's Eddie's conviction and his lyrics and his ideals, and he can just rock straight out. His vocals are incredible. And we all are really competent musicians.

I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics.

Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.

I never felt I had enough personal style to pursue being just a guitarist.