Dimebag Darrell

The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book.

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.

Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down.

To me, a sure-fire way to get in a rut is by sitting around playing by yourself for too long. You've gotta get out there and jam, man! You don't have to necessarily be in a band, all you've gotta have are a couple of buds who play too. They don't have to be guitarists either; jamming with a bassist or a drummer is cool.