I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing.

I came in with a completely new perspective. I would write songs and they would pick tunes they felt were in the Purple vein.

I can't do anything but play guitar.

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

Once I was playing and moving around and I fell right on my back. Just straight on my back. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life.

Lots of times it really doesn't matter what notes you play, but what notes come before and after a run.

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.

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.

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.

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.