I probably listen to Burn more than any of them, because it was so new me, so novel. To see my name on an actual record was such an incredible feeling.

With Whitesnake it would have been inappropriate for me to have played Deep Purple songs, although I did at the beginning because I didn't have enough Whitesnake songs.

The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.

My voice is an instrument.

I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I'm in Europe. I'm always shocked that I'm still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago.

Someone once asked me, `How does Jimmy Page strike you?' I replied, `With both hands, of course...'

I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.