"I've always been a bit of an outsider."

"I don't think I'm a selfish person. I just put my music first."

"But if you want me to knock Kingdom Come, all I will say is that I heard the guitarist said he'd never heard my playing, and I'd defy any guitarist in American not to have heard Led Zeppelin."

"I don't think I'm a difficult person to work with. I just have a very clear vision of what I want."

"I don't like to follow trends. I like to create them."