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My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.

The only time I think I've ever gotten sick of playing Guns and Roses songs really was during - after having played them in Guns and Roses, and then in Snakepit, and then playing 'It's So Easy' and...

And, so, when I picked up the guitar, suddenly, just playing a couple of notes really, really spoke to me. It was almost like I should have been doing it prior to that. You know, it was something that...

I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage.

I always loved rock guitar. I just never put it together that that's what I'd end up doing.

I allow myself one nice car.

I'm not ridiculously wealthy, but I don't squander money either.

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness.

My mom did costumes for the Pointer Sisters.