It took me years to get my hair right... after years of perms, conditioning... Nirvana came out and it wasn't cool to have big hair anymore. It was just a horrible injustice. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I especially like the songs Hurry Up and The Curse Of Castle Dragon, and I often include them in my live show. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
Everyone has to start somewhere! I certainly didn't sound great when I first started playing, and I remember all my guitar teachers, both good… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I use the volume control on my guitar, both for dynamics and as a manual noise gate. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
With Racer X, whenever we have time, we try to put a record together. And that's always fun because the guys in the band… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
It's so easy to practice out of context. For example, if you're learning a scale, you take that scale and you sit in your room and you go up and down the fretboard, over and over. You've gotta do that, because you need to get that scale working. But you have to keep in mind that that's not the finished… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share
Two words: Kasim Sulton. I've been a Utopia fan for a long, long time, and Kasim's a pop hero of mine. I have to… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
While I was writing the songs for 'Fuzz Universe,' I was immersing myself in Bulgarian Female Choir music, Baroque lute and violin pieces, Johnny… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've found that as I've learned to improvise melodically, it seems like I can come up with a bigger variety of stuff. I kind… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
In my daily life, I tend to be very literal and unsuperstitious. But music gives me an outlet to be very emotional. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've realized that, as the years have gone on, I have become completely impatient with the demo process. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
I've certainly enjoyed doing clinic tours for larger audiences, but the most valuable teaching experience has been the hundreds of lessons that I've given… — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
