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

I really wasn't needed... Just straightening up riffs, that's all. Just two guitarists doing it instead of one.

I remember one particular occasion when I hadn't played a solo for, quite literally, a couple of months. And I was asked to play a solo on a rock & roll thing. I played it and felt that what I'd done was absolute crap. I was so disgusted with myself that I made my mind up that I had to get out of it. It was messing me right up.

Almost the moment he died, they put him in Playboy as one of the greatest drummers, which he was - there's no doubt about it. There's never been anybody since. He's one of the greatest drummers that ever lived.

I'm still searching for an angel with a broken wing. It's not very easy to find them these days.

The term "genius" gets used far too loosely in rock & roll.

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