Paul Gilbert guitar lessons

So I’m taking Paul Gilbert’s artist works lessons now. Knowing what I know about Paul from here… how much do you think I should follow his exact pick stroke instructions. Considering he is a dsx player and I am not. He teaches with that in mind and it’s harder for me, I try to decide if it makes more sense in some cases, I’m not opposed to using dsx here and there but i don’t think I need to follow exactly what he says right?