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"When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible."
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"Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well at all. You can just barely get by and you can be in a rock band."
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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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"In the contract days, the big studios groomed us to play particular roles and we would stay with the image they gave us and insisted on."
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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."


"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."


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


"I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes."


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


"I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to."
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