All episodes

"I'm feeling pretty CONTENT these days..." Mark Engles, dredg & Black Map

"Where are my HAPPY PLACES?..." Chris Bellamy

"I've always envied short bassists..." "I could NEVER be BORED..." Kaveh Rastegar

Feeling like you "haven't suffered enough" to play the blues, Muriel Anderson

"The desert CHANGED our LIVES..." Phil Vilenski, Wayland

"I think I can be my own TV show..." Mike Bradley

"You're in the band & you're doing Leno in 2 weeks..." Janet Robin

"EVERYTHING that DEFINES YOU is GONE..." "In many ways it's NOT the same life…" Joel Wilkens, Vintage Gibson & Fender Master Luthier

"It's alright to be exactly who you are..." Carl Orr - Billy Cobham, George Duke, Sting

"I'm getting BETTER at EXPRESSING FEELINGS..." Sean Rowe

I can only hire you till Thanksgiving..." Jerry Becker - Train

"It's a problem when you don't DARE TO SUCK…" Jorgen Carlsson, Gov't Mule

I could always stay up late WITHOUT COCAINE..." Don Dixon - R.E.M., Smithereens, Hootie & The Blowfish

My DEFAULT setting is JOYFUL..." Mark Whitfield

"DON'T get too COMFORTABLE…" Mark Plati - David Bowie, Prince, Lou Reed

"What you do LEAVES your SOULPRINT..." Brian O'Neal, The Busboys

"SOMETHING NEW is always around the corner" Isaiah Mitchell - Earthless, Golden Void

"You have to GET BACK UP & KEEP MOVING..." Carmine Rojas: Bowie, Rod Stewart, Julian Lennon

"I was THE GUY they were LOOKING FOR…" Marco Sfogli: Icefish, James LaBrie

"Do what YOU DO best..." Stef Burns - Vasco Rossi, Huey Lewis, Alice Cooper, Y & T

"Leave your ego outside the door..." Stelios Provis, Planet of Zeus

"FEAR is the UPHILL part of the MOUNTAIN..." Rik Emmett UNFILTERED

"I have no regrets..." Jeff Parker

"There were LOW POINTS I didn't think I would survive…" Bill "The Buddha" Dickens

"We need people who have come alive..." Andy Powers - Master Guitar Designer, successor to Bob Taylor at Taylor Guitars

"GET OUT OF THE WAY..." John Paterno, Grammy Winning Producer / Engineer Gov't Mule, Landau

"For us, MUSIC was a CALLING..." Jason Simon, Dead Meadow

SURVIVING & dealing with CANCER: Tom Gray, Delta Moon

"My on-stage persona is just me…" Mike Dawes

"I like solving problems..." David Sullivan, Red Fang

Guy Pratt, "Dark days indeed, for a cocksman..." Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Gary Moore, Jimmy Page

Amund Maarud "Now I exist even more, as a human being. I like myself more now…"

Jim Cregan, Rod Stewart, Katie Melua, Bernie Taupin "If worrying will give you a dollar, then worry like hell, son!..."

Emily Davis, Emily Davis & The Murder Police "Coming out was one of the toughest things to do..."

Les Davidson: Leo Sayer, Jack Bruce, Sniff 'n The Tears "Throw yourself into the fire..."

John Avila Interview, Oingo Boingo: "That was TOO MUCH PRESSURE for me..."

Damon Johnson Interview, Brother Cane: "I think we're out of business…"

Dani Rabin from Marbin: "You thought LIFE was ONE THING, but it becomes ANOTHER thing, VERY QUICKLY"

Joe Satriani "All pieces of art are abandoned, never finished..."

Nate Wood: "We are SUCH simple creatures…"

Jamie West-Oram, The Fixx: "Life's too short to be a dickhead..."

Pete Abbott: "Those little periods of time made a BIG difference..."

Pete Anderson, Dwight Yoakam: "The consequences of success and the stakes of failure were gigantic..."

Dan Lutz: "I don't NEED to SUFFER to make things WORK..."

Mike Keneally: "Next thing I know, Zappa says, 'I think you should come back on Monday, so the rest of the band can witness your particular splendor..."

Donald Barrett: "This was my LOWEST career point, for sure..."

Ken Andrews, Failure: "The studio is where my bliss is..."

Tim Young: "I made it my business to say YES to EVERYTHING..."

Mimi Fox: "Hold your head up high. You are good enough..."

Viktor Krauss: "Sometimes it's HARD to enjoy the MOMENT..."

Steve Farris "Not many people have been THIS LUCKY - TWICE!"

Doug Rappoport, Edgar Winter: "Are you going to be ready when an opportunity comes?..."

Jimmy Gnecco: "That FEAR TRAIN goes right by you..."

Danny Kortchmar "This will be THE LAST SESSION I get called for..."

Justin Greaves, Crippled Black Phoenix: "Having an open mind is easier than you think..."

Matt Stevens Interview, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding - It was his WORST GIG EVER!

Michael Beinhorn: "We were doing the RIGHT thing, in the RIGHT place, at the RIGHT time..."

Victor Griffin: Pentagram, Place of Skulls "I'm a better me than I used to be..."

Steve DiStanislao: David Gilmour, Joe Walsh, Don Felder "Play with everyone and anyone you can..."

Joel Taylor: "It's important to Live A FULL LIFE and Enjoy it..."

Lionel Loueke "ANYTHING can happen if you believe in it…"

Ben Monder: David Bowie "Blackstar" - "It was really kind of euphoric..."

Peppino D'Agostino "If you feel good about something, you have to do it..."

Joe Bataan: Founding Father of Latin Soul "Prison was a life-changing experience…"

Scotti Hill, Skid Row: "Everybody's in on the joke, but you..."

Jamie Glaser: Jean-Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Lenny White, "Everybody is there to teach me..."

Ehsaan Noorani, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy: "Empathy, and kindness..."

Bob Glaub: "You DON'T Always Have to SAY WHAT You're THINKING"

Ryan Lerman, Scary Pockets: You can't FAIL if you NEVER STOP TRYING

Steve Fekete, America, Avril Lavigne, Five for Fighting "Don't get married to any gig..."

Ed Mundell, Leaving Monster Magnet after 18 Years: "I don't seek out approval anymore..."

Donny McCaslin, "You don't know if you'll ever have this moment again"

Chris Latham, Beasto Blanco "I'm not a quitter..."

Ray Luzier: Korn, David Lee Roth, KXM "It got me to open my heart more than I ever thought I could ..."

Lawrence Katz: Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Whole Damn Mess "Be happy with who you are...:"

Diego Garcia: El Twanguero, "Being a good instrumentalist is not about having technique. It's about having your emotions connected with your instrument..."

Ricky Warwick: "I was a loner and a dreamer - and I was done with music..."

Lou Toomey: Keith Whitley, Faith Hill, Brooks & Dunn

Angie Swan: David Byrne, CeeLo Green, Macy Gray

Greg Leisz: "I'm more grateful for what I have..."

Joby Ford: The Bronx, Mariachi el Bronx "That was a big leap of faith..."

Chris Cottros, "It's better than having a day gig down at the screw factory..."

Jeffrey Lee Campbell, "Do Stand So Close: My Improbable Adventure as Sting's Guitarist"

Kokayi: Rapping, Depression & being a freestyle Jazz MC "You better unpack your bags..."

Damon Fowler: "These days I'm not in a hurry anymore..."

Chris Buono, "He helped me shape the next chapter of my life..."

Dave Fiuczynski : "There are bigger things than me..."

Nicolas Meier, Jeff Beck: "I love that, but I had to find what's me..."

Terri Lyne Carrington, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock: "We're not really in control..."

Steve Morse, Dixie Dregs, Kansas, Deep Purple, Steve Morse Band: "I reckon you're in…"

Anthony Gomes: "You grow into the person you were meant to become..."

Otmaro Ruiz: "I was literally playing to a dead person..."

Carlos Alomar, David Bowie: "If you can't explain it, you can't defend it..."

Ariel Posen: Brothers Landreth, Solo Artist

Steve Mazur, Our Lady Peace

Tim Lefebvre, David Bowie, Tedeschi Trucks: "I just wanted to be good..."

Keith Nelson: Buckcherry & Getting sober "I didn't want to live, but I wasn't ready to die…"

Greg Foresman: Martina McBride

Alastair Greene: Alan Parsons

Zachary Alford, David Bowie: "I'm about to change your life..."