Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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