Playing it safe isn't fun; you have to take a chance.
We played New Year's Eve in Los Angeles, maybe 1978, opening for Kansas or somebody. Driving to the hotel after the gig, we came on KLOS. It was like, 'All right! We're in L.A., we just played a big gig, and we're on the radio!' That was the start of something big.
I was three years old, and I walked onstage during a performance that my father was a tenor in 'The Barber of Seville.' I walked out onstage, and people started laughing and clapping, and that was it. That was all it took. Laughing and clapping, I still enjoy today.
We do try to be entertainers, but we're musicians first, and we try to showcase the music.
I always thought of myself as more of a rhythm player than a big soloist.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - those guys were great.
Some people design buildings and aircraft carriers and cars - and I designed picks.
I like Harvey Mandel.
I was the Richard Gere non-lookalike in Illinois.
I've seen bands come out and begin their concerts with these long, slow, boring songs. Are they kidding, or what?
Basically, I try to let the song dictate what guitar I use. If it's a really loud, crazy song, I'll pull out the cheapest, oldest guitar I own, one that feeds back easily. But most of the time, I just use whatever's around.
Some bands, they're too snooty, or they think they're too this or that and wouldn't talk to us. And some other bands are afraid to talk to us.
I got to meet Keith Moon!
I was always the wise guy class clown throughout my childhood.
We toured with Deep Purple a number of times.
The song 'Hello There' was written because we never got a soundcheck. 'Hello There' was our soundcheck.
Every other year, I spend Thanksgiving in England with Dave Clark from the Dave Clark Five and a bunch of other people.
I love to be the loudest thing in the room.
I never wanted to be Keith Richards or Jimmy Page.
If we waited for a hit record to tour, we would never have toured.
