I blew my voice out and the doctor said, don't even talk for a week.

I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.

Right now I feel so inspired, it's hard to believe. I've written about 20 songs in the last two days. I'd gone about four months without writing a thing.

When I'm with Purple, I'm totally with Purple; when I'm doing my thing, I'm totally doing my own thing.

A lot of times I wish I would have learned to read music, but I'm very impatient.

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.

How do you stop somebody from growing?