The Beatles had an influence on everybody. You have to realize what an incredible explosion the Beatles were.

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Where there is a will there is a way.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.

They [The Beatles] were the first band to not have a lead singer in the band.

I think that is just about as dishonest as a person giving a bad interview. I despise people like that; they don't get two tries. It's all just sensation. It is always bullshit.

I have done interviews in the past, and they cut everything out except for the outrageous line, and then they take it out of context.

He [Randy Rhoads] was really a good guy. I never could get over how incredibly little he was.

We know what we are doing by now.We seem to make an album every 18 months or so and I think every band should do that. We're not writing "Sgt. Pepper" every time; we are writing straight ahead rock n' roll.

I hate heroin. It killed off a lot of my generation. It killed off a lot of my friends. Now this generation is getting killed off again. I can't believe it. How many dead bodies do we need to have piled up?

We sent out tapes to the others but they didn't wake up. It was worth it just to have one kid wake up. I got to meet him after he woke up.

I climbed down the outside of a Holiday Inn once just to surprise one of my crew by getting on his balcony and knocking on his window.

Eric Clapton wrote "Layla" when he was coked out of his mind. Later on, it nearly killed him.

It's just that I am too old now to chase all the woman involved; which just seems a shame.

I have never been married, but that doesn't mean that I didn't mate. As you get older you get too many bad habits. Who is ever going to put up with me?