'Curio vult advisari,' as the lawyers say; which means, 'Let us have another glass, and then we can think about it.'

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.

...because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing?

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.

Don't try to fix the past, try to build the future.

Don’t be afraid of the darkness

There is something inside all boys that drives us to go away again and again and again.

Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

Always think that in any area of the arts, you get maybe ten percent of people who are creative, original... and the rest are generally following on, copying.

The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.

I signed my deal when I was 11, and the success I had, no one could explain that to an adult, what's about to happen to them, much less a kid. There's not many people around who've experienced that.

Resentment is not morally superior to earning money.

The thing that is most interesting about people is the way they are when no one is looking at them or the way they are when they are in private.

Open your mouth wide A universal sigh.