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.

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

Artistic development is a thing of the past, sadly.

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

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.

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.

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