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

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

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

When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher.

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

I stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down.

All my vocals were recorded at home, which was great for me. You can actually have a studio in a computer program called ProTools. I did half the record with ProTools.