Musician

Fans are always in for a treat when they see us in person.

People think being famous is fun. It's not. Even a little bit of fame. It's bizarre. It's weird.

The greatest feeling in the world is performing and connecting with the audience.

In sixth grade I had a band called The Blueberry Waterfall. I had borrowed a guy's Fender Jaguar and Boss Tone Fuzz, which you plugged straight into a Blackface Twin. It was a little power trio - we were actually pretty good for our age.

I don't believe that heavy strings make it all that much bigger-sounding. If anything, it can mess up your fingers, and you can get tendonitis, which is not cool.

If someone sees me with what looks like a beer, it's always zero per cent.

When the 'Thriller' album came up, we all knew that was going to be the cool record.

The right notes mean more than 1,000 mph arpeggios.

There's no such thing as a lead singer in our band.

I'm a weird guy with a weird sense of humor.

'Rosanna' was the hit, but 'Africa' resonated with everyone who heard it.

Especially early on, I had no idea what I was going to be asked to do when I walked into a studio. I was doing 26 sessions a week - all day, all night.

I really try to play to my strengths, man. I'm never going to be Guthrie Govan: he's a brilliant player.

I just think that there is something that keeps us together, to keep doing what we're doing. I can't really put my finger on it other than each record is like a little snapshot of my life at that particular moment, the way I play, the way I sound, the way I wrote, the way I sing, I can hear it.

I did grow up with Michael Landau, my brother since we were 12 years old. That was competition but in the best way. He is such a monster, always was, and we had a blast growing up playing in bands and early recording and are still the best of pals.

That's all that matters in music: fun.

I quit drinking, smoking, doing anything bad.

Being out of tune sucks.

I've never stopped working, and I still have 'pinch me' moments all the time.

I love to create and play, I can't stop, hahaha!