I love to be creative.

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

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.

If you are a musician and you dont show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything.

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

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.