They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn't seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.

I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.

When I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', and then we (The Cream) had to carry on the set. It was pretty hard to follow.

Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?

You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.