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.

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 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.

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 everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world.