Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.

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.

Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue.

If you don't feel drowsy after lunch and don't yawn in the office, you're not a perfect employee!

If you believe you will succeed, there is always a chance you might. But if you believe that you will fail, then you will always fail. Never allow yourself to lose before you begin.

The Supreme Court has said that America is a Christian nation. But to make such a statement today causes reporters, newsmen, and many politicians to go ballistic.

Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

I believe that in our constant search for security we can never gain any peace of mind until we secure our own soul.

I think always my interest in making movies is to have something really technical mixed with something that was not so formal...something free.

Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.

We need to remember that we are saved by grace when we fail. But we need to remember it much more when we succeed.