I'm very fortunate because I love what I'm doing.

Every record is a portrait of the band at that time.

If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.

I guess the solo from 'Achilles Last Stand' is in the same tradition as the solo from 'Stairway to Heaven'...it is on that level to me.

So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there's so many chances you have to take.

I don't know whether I'll reach 40. I don't know whether I'll reach 35. I can't be sure about that. I am bloody serious. I am very, very serious. I didn't think I'd make 30.

You can't expect to be the same person you were three years ago. Some people expect you to be and can't come to terms with the fact that if a year has elapsed between LPs, that means one year's worth of changes. The material consequently is affected by that, the lyrics are affected by that... the music too.