My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that recorded for Riverside Records.

Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.

In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.

I didn't realize Metallica was as big as they were. I just thought it was my buddy Kirk's band - we went to high school together. I wasn't really following metal.

Afterwards, David said, 'I can play something other than cacophony,' ... I'd been in a band in high school, and I'd been missing it.

When I was in high school, I don't know that I really had big dreams.