I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

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

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 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.