America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it!
I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.
Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.
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.
When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag.
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.
I don't even know who that person was in the '80s. I see pictures of myself from back then and I don't even recognize myself.
I kind of live in this weird world where I am exposed to a lot of stuff, but then again I am not exposed to a lot of stuff.
What is it about a zombie that appeals to me? I don't know. Maybe that it's just the most possible - I don't know - of all the supernatural entities.
To me, the guitar is a tool for songwriting, and it's fun, too. The day that it's not fun, that's when I'm not gonna play guitar anymore.
As big as Metallica are, they're still not like a pop act. As big as they are, they're still not U2 or Lady Gaga. It's still underground.
If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that's fine. But once it affects someone's opportunity to, you know, get that record, then I have a problem with it.
It's impossible to play a run with as much feeling as a single note. I've never been so much into runs as making single notes cry.
I have done some things that I'm very proud of. I don't think you can say any more than that, really.
I go through about two Fender mediums a night because I don't pick straight down; it's sort of sideways, and it shaves them off.
I feel I've been blessed with a gift of creativity and composition. That's why I've been able to keep going.
I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.
Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit.
When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing.
I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.
Lately, I've been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though!
