Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, 'Why? Mine works, doesn't it? It's a piece of wood and six strings, and it works.'

I just go where the guitar takes me.

With AC/DC, we've always started with rock, and we've just kept it going. The critic's view is always , 'They just made an album and it's the same as the last one.' I'll have fifteen of them, anytime.

I've got the blues in my heart, and the devil in my fingers.

I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.

You should hear me on my own. It's horrendous.I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, Geez, this is ridiculous.

I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage.