this is my question :

Over the course of the 5 albums you did with Megadeth your playing seemed to feature less and less. Whereas on the early albums every song featured a "Marty solo" and often 2 or 3, on later albums, especially Risk, there seemed to be less all out solos and your playing feaured more as textures and fills. Why was this and were you happy with it?

I felt that the Megadeth's traditional 'vrs brg cho, vrs brg cho, solo' structure was dated and I wanted to avoid that and try to do things that were more interesting is a subtler way. However, on an un-subtle note, on my new solo album, there are enough guitar solos for 5 albums...Why? Because it was time.