Dimebag Darrell

I love 'Dogman' by King's X and Living Colour's 'Stain.' ”

Washburn built me the guitar that changed my life. ”

My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it. ”

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living. ”

Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album, it's hard to make a good living nowadays. ”

Van Halen was a huge influence on me, and 'Eruption' was the song that really leaped off that first Van Halen album. ”

Yeah, nothing feels better than knowing that I can put a guitar in my hands at any time and rip - even when I'm taking a crap! ”

Jamming with other people will create energy and excitement that you can feed off, and which will help push you to do things you'd never dream of doing by yourself. ”

It's funny, man, sometimes you record something that you plan on re-doing later, but then when you listen back to it, you decide to keep it because you realize that it's gonna be real tough to beat! ”

I've tried to force a solo before, but sometimes it's like, 'That thing don't really fit, man!' ”