It's taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man's voice. Because I only liked old men's voices. As a kid, I didn't like pip-squeaked singers.

My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.

What you must understand is that my voice comes from the energy of the audience. The better they are, the better I get.

If we're weird onstage, I don't know what you'd call the Tubes.

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

I always enjoyed the feeling of being onstage - the magic that comes. When I hit the stage it's like all of a sudden a magic from somewhere just comes and the spirit just hits you and you just lose control of yourself.