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

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

I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I'm in Europe. I'm always shocked that I'm still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago.

I've always thought live albums were cop-outs.

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.

I think we have two very important missions in life. One is to find out who we really are and the other one is to taste as much of life and experience as much of life as we can.

Amateurs in professional situations make me very impatient.