Eric Clapton wrote "Layla" when he was coked out of his mind. Later on, it nearly killed him.

If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.

We know what we are doing by now.We seem to make an album every 18 months or so and I think every band should do that. We're not writing "Sgt. Pepper" every time; we are writing straight ahead rock n' roll.

I think that is just about as dishonest as a person giving a bad interview. I despise people like that; they don't get two tries. It's all just sensation. It is always bullshit.

Randy [ Rhoads] had small hands. Boy, could he play guitar. He became an even better guitar player after he died.

People don't want to see the guy next door on the stage, they want to see a being from another planet. You want to see somebody you'd never meet in ordinary life.

Every generation thinks they are stronger than the generation before it. They think, "It can't happen to me." In the past people have died making that same mistake.