If I was a politician right now I would change just about everything.

Whitesnake more than most rock bands would get a very significant percentage of women in the audience and those were the ones I'd hear the voices because from where I am on stage is a pretty good spot.

I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.

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

When certain bootleg companies started off and they would take maybe ten per cent of whatever they got and help fuel new bands, which I'm cool with, I think that's a good idea. Most of the record companies are not doing that.

Artistic development is a thing of the past, sadly.

Hard rock may have faded from the media for a time, but I've always been able to make a living, if not in America, then in the rest of the world.