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

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.

You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano.

I started on drums when I was 13 and played them for two years. Then I went to guitar for a year, played keyboards for a year and a half, and went back to guitar.

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

I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.

My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything.