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.

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

I guess when you're young you have tunnel vision.

People lose their lives in the drug wars and you don't have to prove it to yourself because others have proved it for you.

[My favorite decade] probably the '60s, because there were hardly any rules and heroin hadn't shown up, so people hadn't started dying. It was incredibly upbeat, and we almost did change the world. I guess that was the best one .

That was a great time, the summer of '71 - I can't remember it, but I'll never forget it!

I have done interviews in the past, and they cut everything out except for the outrageous line, and then they take it out of context.