I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.

But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder.

The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain.

Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.

Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.

When something is not good, it's bad. Period

Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.

Combing my hair doesn't make me a better musician.

The worst part of losing good fish is that you cannot release them. They tailwalk across the back of your mind for days.

It's hard to be happy for someone when you know deep down they'd kill you if they had the chance.

To change the printout of the body, you must learn to rewrite the software of the mind.

Real music doesn't always win Grammys

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

One listless day followed another, with nothing to distinguish one from the next. You could have changed the order and no one would have noticed.

I know, of course, that by using film we can bring in other previously unknown worlds, realities beyond reality.

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.

There's no such thing as a short review. It will take a long time to get it started. That's the reality. And it will be probably even longer to complete it.

...we and all sentient beings fundamentally have the buddha nature as our innermost essence. . . .