Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down.

Jamming with other people will create energy and excitement that you can feed off, and which will help push you to do things you'd never dream of doing by yourself.

I'm a spazzer, you know?

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.

Make your heart bleed! Put your soul into that damn thing. And try new things.

Of all the grunge bands to come out of Seattle, Alice in Chains were the greatest.

I love jamming with my band because the guys inspire me every time. We all get off on each other's playing.

With the right outlook, you can learn to entertain yourself and entertain each other so you can enjoy doing what you're doing. There's obviously gonna be highs and lows, and the trick to it is to be able to maintain composure and stay high even when you're in the lows. That way, when you hit the highs ,it'll be twice as killer.

My heroes were Eddie Van Halen - especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV - Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.