"I've always been a bit of a control freak. I like to be in charge."

"I don't think I'm a selfish person. I just dedicate myself to my craft."

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

"I can only listen to what I'm working on, at the time. I can't listen to anything else because I don't want to copy it."

"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."