The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans.

If you are in a band like my brother, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella and you cover each other. You have five people to discuss things with and you are all in the same boat, and therefore make much wiser choices.

It would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos.

In order to get somewhere in life, you need to have a vision. The vision brings you to the table. Without a vision, you just do what everybody else does and you are just there.

I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.

I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I dont just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I dont hear it then I cant feed myself.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.