The basis of everything that I plugged into when I was younger was blues, and it always stayed with me.

As far as the Animals breaking up - it was my fault. I wanted out. We took it to the max, as far as we could take it. Our reunion tour in 1983 went pretty good until we left America. Then we pushed it too hard and it fell apart.

I feel great that I've been given a chance in the golden years of my life. To me, it's the last battle, and I've been given a chance to get stuck in some good armament, some good power, and there's a chance that now I can finish off my working years with my head held high.

Britain, and my hometown, will always be with me wherever I go and whatever I do - but I prefer to live in California.

I don't think Jimi committed suicide in the conventional way. He just decided to exit when he wanted to.

I'm not bitter, I'm bittersweet.

Everything changes and, somewhere along the line, I'm changing with it.