What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it?
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.
Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.
When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag.
I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant.
I never work out my leads. Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous. If someone says, 'That was good; play that again,' I'm not able to do it.
I criticize my own work pretty harshly.
I was always stuck in a musical no man's land.
Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.
I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.
I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.
I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness.
When something is not good, it's bad. Period.
I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.
I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.
Combing my hair doesn't make me a better musician.
I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.
When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.
