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" Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo. "

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" Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm. "

" For me, one of the most perfect times to watch a horror movie is when it's cold and raining outside and there's pretty much no outdoor activity to be done. It kind of sets the mood. "

" I think it goes without saying that a lot of big horror fans are just nerds and geeks. "

" I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep! "

" One of my favorite horror films of the Nineties was 'Event Horizon.' "

" I fix things all the time. Every time I do a solo, I re-check it and correct things that don't hit the mark. "

" I love 'True Blood.' I love 'The Walking Dead.' Those are fantastic series. "

" Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar. "

" Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and really make the best record possible. It's a shame. "

" I was really, really wild in my early twenties and a bit self-destructive. "

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" We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances. "

" Guitar playing is both extremely easy for me and extremely difficult for me at the same time. "

" If a guitar is too easy for me to play, it makes me too laid back. I like to battle with my guitar. "

" I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old. "

" Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps. "

" Everyone has a side to them that's kind of unexplained and feels misunderstood. "

" When I see my kids totally into their Legos, it brings me back to the days I was hanging out and playing with my monster models. It brings me there in a second. "

" For a while I was collecting Satan and devil stuff - you know, anything that had to do with old Beelzebub or Lucifer. But I had to put the brakes on it, because there's a lot of stuff out there, and the collection was just growing too quickly. "

" One thing I've noticed over the years is that young players - I mean 10- and 12-year-olds - really like my guitar style. There's something in my guitar style that they totally can latch onto and learn quickly, and then go from there to your Yngwie Malmsteens or your Steve Vais or whatever. "

" I feel really fortunate that, in playing guitar and surfing, I've found two things that mean so much to me, and which really complement each other. There's definitely a spiritual thing to both of them; they totally connect you to a higher realm. "

" For 'Death Magnetic,' I used what I always use, which is my standard touring rack, which is filled with some Boogie stuff and a Marshall that I've had forever. "

" When you're first starting out, there's always the temptation to hide behind distortion because it lets you get away with murder. But, when it comes to rhythm work, you've gotta back off that gain control a bit, especially if you're playing with another guitarist. "

" I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more. "

" When people are confronted with something they've never seen before, they really don't know how to react. "

" A lot of the main characters in horror movies are outsiders as well, so that outsider syndrome reverberates within horror fans and geeky collectors. It's kind of a rallying call that brings fans and collectors together who are a little socially retarded, maybe. "

" Much of my playing is rhythmic and choppy; I use a lot of double stops. The wah just accents all those stops and chops and brings out the rhythmic aspect that much more. "

" My musical tastes change every week. "

" For the 'Load' album, I was experimenting so much with tone that I had to keep journals on what equipment I was using. For 'Hero of the Day,' I know I used a 1958 Les Paul Standard with a Matchless Chieftain, some Boogie amps and a Vox amp - again, they're all blended. "

" Ampeg made incredible guitar heads in the early Nineties and then stopped. And I don't know why. The one we used had a nice clean, warm sound, and it blended well with the other amps that were in the studio. "

" Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties. "