My Voice Is An Instrument.

With Whitesnake It Would Have Been Inappropriate For Me To Have Played Deep Purple Songs, Although I Did At The Beginning Because I Didn't Have Enough Whitesnake Songs.

Amateurs In Professional Situations Make Me Very Impatient.

When Certain Bootleg Companies Started Off And They Would Take Maybe Ten Per Cent Of Whatever They Got And Help Fuel New Bands, Which I'm Cool With, I Think That's A Good Idea. Most Of The Record Companies Are Not Doing That.

I Saw What Purple Meant To People And I Still Hear It Now When I'm In Europe. I'm Always Shocked That I'm Still Asked About Purple Because It Was Such A Long Time Ago.

Hard Rock May Have Faded From The Media For A Time, But I've Always Been Able To Make A Living, If Not In America, Then In The Rest Of The World.