In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to find out, who I am, It's something I think I'll be doing for the rest of my life.

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.

I take care of my voice; I'm working out the way I would do my body, so that stays in shape.

I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.

The critics love to get out their knives and dine on Coverdale. But the worse the criticism gets, the more successful I become.

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.

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