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

I can tell how far I ought to be going, I know how to get there, all I've got to do is keep playing.

I don't deal in technique. I deal in emotions.

Once I get onstage the tension explodes and I'm fine. I'm in another world - in a trance almost, doing what I love best, expressing myself through guitar.

I'm attracted by the unknown, but I take precautions.

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.

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