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"I prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things."
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"Discipline is required in all human endeavours."

"You are the actor, director, producer, and scriptwriter of the play called 'Your Life' and you can change the play anytime."

"Do not allow your sad past to rule your present situation. Unlike a tango, it does not take to two to forgive."

"My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny."

"You put the thing that does the killing between your teeth, but you never give it the power to kill you."
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"If you are in a band like my brother, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella and you cover each other. You have five people to discuss things with and you are all in the same boat, and therefore make much wiser choices."

"I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music."

"I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself."

"I practiced for at least two hours every day for twenty years, before then I practiced maybe four to five hours a day, and before then 14 hours a day. It was all I had ever done."

"If you are a musician and you don't show any interest on the business level then you are actually vulnerable and people will rip you off. They will sweet talk you into anything."

"Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up."

"In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically."
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