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.

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

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.

If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out.

When you are live you never know what is going to happen.

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 believe that every person has uniqueness - something that nobody else has.