I Criticize My Own Work Pretty Harshly.

I Found The Blues Too Limiting, And Classical Was Too Disciplined.

Hendrix Inspired Me, But I Was Still More Into Wes Montgomery. I Was Also Into The Allman Brothers Around The Time Of Those Albums.

The Only Way You Can Get Good, Unless You're A Genius, Is To Copy. That's The Best Thing. Just Steal.

When You're Recording, If You're Not Really Clean In Your Playing, It Sounds Like A Mess.

Ian Gillan, Roger Glover And I Wanted To Be A Hard Rock Band - We Wanted To Play Rock And Roll Only.