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

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.

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.

When we work to end childhood hunger, we are giving our love to kids who need it so much they will never ask for it.

I'm a silly guy, I love wit and cynicism and sarcasm.

How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

We have to learn how to come out of unclean situations cleaner than we were, and even how to wash ourselves with dirty water whenwe need to.

Stumbling isn't falling.

I almost don't know how to write an email.

I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I approached everything step by step.

I try to use every game as an opportunity to witness. I try to do a little signal every time I make a shot as a way to preach the message in little ways that I can.

You must look at facts, because they look at you.