Deep Purple is a damn good band and we've made a niche in rock 'n' roll history. Maybe not a huge one but enough to be very proud of.

Working against a restriction - for me - often produces greater things than getting rid of all boundaries.

Jon passes from Darkness to Light.

I love classical music; I love the way it's worked... all those chord sequences so I often use that sort of effect in my solos.

Free form jazz means absolutely nothing to me. Because there are no boundaries.

Choosing friends based on how much money they have is like betting on a horse because you like its saddle.

I think people I'm close to find it absolutely crazy that I'm famous.

You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece.

I know exercise is important, but I hate it!

Swan flocks of lilies shoreward lying, In sweetness, not in music, dying.

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier?

It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several is to be preferred where one cannot attain to perfection in any.

[In] radio, every segment of every hour is a challenge to fill in an interesting way. What I like the most about it is how challenging it is to do it well.

Before God could bring me to this place He has broken me a thousand times.

Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.