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"I didn't want to take the guitar solos down note-for-note, but more or less use them as a map, and keep all the hooks from the guitar playing, and let myself come through."

"What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe."

"T-Bone Walker was a big influence on just about every guitar player around."

"I read and write classical piano and percussion, also guitar."

"I didn't want to get attached to one guitar; I didn't want to have an instrument that was irreplaceable."
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"We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle."

"You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio."

"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."

"Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie."

"Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years."

"You have Extreme and Van Halen and the history that I have with other people I played with. There are some effects that will hopefully break that stereotype."

"I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have."

"If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record."
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