Ritchie Blackmore

Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.

I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain.

I've never really been somebody who likes to hit it straight. That's just never been my forte, I guess.

Seeing to it that a youngster grows up believing not just in the here and now but also in the grand maybes of life guarantees that some small yet crucial part of him remains forever a child.

The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow.