Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.

Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.

The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.

A lot of blues guitarists play with only three fingers, and they can't figure out certain runs that require the use of their little fingers. Classical training is good for that.

Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's another one .. I loved Frank Zappa ... I do think Van Halen reinvented the guitar ... he's an excellent musician, a shrewd guitarist and as a person he's wonderful.

When something is not good, it's bad. Period

Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.