I used to try and take things in leaps and bounds. Now I've realized it's got to be step by step.

I don't like English bands. They're too structured.

I just started off on my own by learning the regular chords then the barre chords. Then I'd lean the notes that would go with them.

All the different styles I've played have really helped me as a guitarist and helped me develop my own way of playing.

When I got to LA and was with the James Gang, I got the opportunity to write a lot, to play in front of large audiences, make some money.

When I first colored my hair, my mother loved it. I got kicked out of school when I was 15, just for my hair.

I learned a lot about lead; you don't have to blow your cookies in the first bar. It is much harder to be simple that to be complicated during solos.