I was allowed a freedom as a baby boomer to do whatever I wanted to do. My parents were able to give their permission because they just felt, 'Why not?' I joined my first band and dropped out of school.
The 'Frampton' album sold better than all of the other solo records that I'd had, put together. It was over 300,000 copies, so that was a good signal that we were poised for my first gold record.
Most of everything I've ever written actually was written on acoustic. 'Do You Feel' was written on electric. 'I'm in You' was written on piano.
I really wasn't into sports at an early age. I couldn't wait to get home from school and go straight to my bedroom and pick up the guitar and play it. It became an obsession with me. That's all I wanted to do was play guitar and learn every lick I heard on the radio.
'Frampton Comes Alive!' is the album I'll always be remembered for. I'm very proud of the music that's on it. Why it exploded the way it did and continues to live on are things that can't fully be explained.
Politeness and caring for each other cannot be a thing of the past.
Money never meant that much to me.
Music is now becoming 'free,' and it's very difficult for new artists to start.
I've always had a good time in bands, and when I wasn't having a good time, I left.
I have a soft spot for 'Wind of Change' because it was my first one, and it was a departure from Humble Pie - very much so. It showed me the spectrum of what I could do.
If there's ever a live record that deserved to be mixed in surround sound, it's 'Frampton Comes Alive.'
Performing live has been one of the most important opportunities I've been given, and I am lucky to share my music with so many of my amazing, loyal, and diverse fans.
People are buying my life when they're buying those records. I hate to sound bigheaded or something, but that's the reality of it. Suddenly, everything you've been doing means something.
I write about what happens to me. It's all there. I couldn't do it any other way.
I've always wanted to be the best guitarist in the world, ever since I was eight years old.
I started out as a musician, and I ended up as a cartoon.
I think, at some point, I might have said it must be great to be as big as Elvis, but that wasn't a realistic dream.
I pile up the press clippings and send them off to my mother. She's got a scrapbook going back to when I was, like, eight years old.
I've always loved to play live.
'Penny for Your Thoughts' was something I noodled on for a while.
