"Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant."

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"Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant."

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"What I hate is the thought of being under a man's thumb," I had told Doctor Nolan. "A man doesn't have a worry in the world, while I've got a baby hanging over my head like a big stick, to keep me in line."

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"When parameters are not set for man, there is always an unknown abuse."

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"The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal."

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"If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage."

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"I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar."

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"Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated."

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"I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits."

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"What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it?"

Change

"I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it."

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"Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only."

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"Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count."

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