Synyster Gates: "I stress definitely listening to a lot of different styles of music..."

Synyster Gates was interviewed by Ultimate Guitar, here's an excerpt:

It sounds like you really listen to a lot of different types of music. 
I stress definitely listening to a lot of different styles of music. For me it was a guy like John 5 who is an unbelievable musician. He was listening to a lot of country and developed that style and technique. My dad plays a lot of country and so I thought, "These guys are doing that. I'm gonna do that too." 

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