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.

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.

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

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

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

People think that I don't like women.

What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself.