Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.

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.

If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.

It is such a privilege to learn from children as they discover new worlds of possibility and give themselves full over to their dreams, inspiring a few adults along the way.

The closer you come to your authentic self, the simpler everything becomes. Listen to your intuition. It will tell you who you are.

I believe that people were not so allergic to their environment until they began polluting themselves and their world with so many drugs and toxins.

Let them hate me, provided they respect my conduct.

The most beautiful fighting machine I have ever seen

Faithful to the word given and the idea had.

Waiting for the implosion [of the government of Romano Prodi] is risking to turn into Waiting for Godot.

I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them.

I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances