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.

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.

I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.

I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.

Give me your hand out of the depths sown by your sorrows.

Loss leaves us empty - but learn not to close your heart and mind in grief. Allow life to replenish you. When sorrow comes it seems impossible - but new joys wait to fill the void.

No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.

Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work.

I try to look at things in a positive way. If someone says something negative to me, I'll just turn it around into a positive.

We write to make sense of it all.

The calculus of utility aims at supplying the ordinary wants of man at the least cost of labour.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.