Bass is for people who can't play guitar

Jimmy Page is an excellent producer. Led Zeppelin I and II are classics. As a player he's very good in the studio, but I've never seen him play well live. He's sloppy. He plays like he's got a broken hand and he's two years old. If you put out a good album and play like a two year old, what's the purpose?

Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.

Before the operation on my left hand I wasn't able to stretch my fingers open all the way. I've never had very big hands, but I could do the splits with them. Eventually I couldn't any more. I had a twisted tendon in my little finger that prevented me from being able to stretch.

Sometimes I just want to lick David Lee Roth in the nuts

We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.