Even when I was very depressed, I could hold on to something. It seems that I have always had that streak of gold that I could hold on to.

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

I have always known that it comes from deep within myself. I always knew what sound I wanted, and how I wanted to play. I knew everything, it just had to be developed.

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.

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

Depression is something that makes you lose your sight.

I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done.