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My fingers are not as fast as my brain - which isn't that much to type home about anyway.

I draw and play the piano badly. But when I'm doing those things, I'm concentrating so hard there's no room for worry. I find that onstage, too.

But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can.

Running my hands really fast up and down the fretboard... I mean, anybody can do that. It's the Guitar Olympics, and I can't think of anything more pointless.

But when I play, I still practice hard and focus on my game.

My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.

For a while I was thinking about moving the mouse with my hand.

Even though I'll do finger warm-ups that go up and down the neck to build up my chops and dexterity, I never, ever sit around and practice the actual licks I'm gonna play live. If you do, then you'll be all worried about the complexity of getting the fingering right and everything else about it, as opposed to the feel.

My fingers used to hurt really bad when I played guitar. I stopped because of it.