I've got the big name, but I've always wanted to be in a band, one of a band.

Life is life. You do a lot of different things and you have great adventures but there's not a lot to talk about unless you're in the middle of an adventure at the time. Circumspection is not one of my better, favorite conditions, really.

When you're singing we all phrase each other in the most remarkable ways. I might hit some sort of thing I've never done before - some vocal pattern. Bonzo will pick it up - he'll phrase with me instantly and then Pagey may join in or start some other phrase - it's like a quadrant.

You feel quite distant by playing at huge stadiums year after year, where you only can see a great darkness in front of you

There's nothing new under the sun - you just get a can of paint out.

Circumspection is not one of my better, favorite conditions, really.

And there are certain songs that are really timepieces and shouldn't be touched. But some of them are a celebration of good humour and sensibility and I think that's okay. I don't care about the past, I'm a musician with ambition.