I Grew Up On A Lot Of

And If I Would Have Taken Lessons I Probably Wouldn't Have Done It, And What Forced Me To Do All This Weird Stuff On The Guitar Was I Couldn't Afford Effects Pedals, I Didn't Have All This Stuff When I Was A Kid So I Just Tried To Squeeze All The Weird Noises I Could Out Of The Guitar, Which Brings Me To Building Guitars.

You Only Have 12 Notes. Do What You Want With Them.

I Can't Read Music. Instead, I'd Do Stuff Inside The Piano, Do Harmonics And All Kinds Of Crazy Things. They Used To Put Me In These Annual Piano Contests Down At Long Beach City College, And Two Years In A Row, I Won First Prize - Out Of Like 5,000 Kids!

If I Can Help A Kid Discover A Liking, Or Even A Passion For Music In Their Life, Then That’s A Wonderful Thing.

Eventually You'll Take The Phrases And Rhythm Patterns You've Copped And Begin To Put Your Own Mark On Them