What a great interview! If you are interested more in what this Great Man is about, Pat Ament's "Master of Rock" is an excellent read, but it was out of print when I got my copy.
One of the scariest moments of my life was "almost" commiting to the knob on The needle - 15 feet out, 5.12, pad looking small, and 15 more feet to go. Yikes!
And that was without the guardrail...