Musician

In sports, stats count. Music? Not so much.

I've had a lot of self-esteem issues.

I can't sight-read classical etudes - I would have to see it and learn it. But yeah, I can read. It is a wonderful tool. It's like speaking another language. Anyone that says reading music can hurt your playing is either stupid, lazy, or ignorant.

We are guys from North Hollywood singing about Africa. What do we know about Africa?

When the Beatles were on 'Ed Sullivan,' life went from black and white to color like in 'The Wizard of Oz' - and the irony I'm in the band Toto is not lost on me.

There's nobody like us in rock history. I'm not saying we're the greatest band in the world - that would be ridiculous.

I don't question things when they're going right.

I worked with George Harrison - who was the reason I started playing guitar.

That's the thing, though: It doesn't matter how much you've done or who you've played with. Do you have the passion?

We've become an underground thing for kids, because we never got the love our peers got back in the day. Kids are loving discovering us, and I'm happy to be that band.

In the '60s, people had diverse tastes, which made the musical climate that much better and more interesting.

I thought that you had to work, work, work and try to be the best musician you could, and that's the only way you could make it. Then it turns out, halfway through the scene, they change the rules on you!

I ain't the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I've dedicated my life to music since I was 7 and my dad bought me a guitar and the 'Meet the Beatles' album.

We were never the trendiest band, but we've always been here.

Vocally and stylistically, we'd have different kinds of songs come on the radio, and people didn't realize it was the same band. A lot of the time, a casual fan would come see us and go, 'I didn't know that you guys did that song. I didn't know that was you!' That was us!

When I was starting my journey as a young guitar player, I was listening to The Beatles, the Stones, and all the British invasion bands, Top 40, Motown, and all the great music of the '60s. Then the alien ship landed, and life changed again forever... Jimi Hendrix.

Don't play too loud! Bleed-through on stage can be brutal to front-of-house sound.

I worked with Paul McCartney, and he was lovely.

Don't practise what you know - practise what you don't know.

When you're young, you can burn the candle at both ends, and you're fine.