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“When I'm with Purple, I'm totally with Purple; when I'm doing my thing, I'm totally doing my own thing.”

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I can't do anything but play guitar.

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I started on drums when I was 13 and played them for two years. Then I went to guitar for a year, played keyboards…

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Right now I feel so inspired, it's hard to believe. I've written about 20 songs in the last two days. I'd gone about four…

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I can't see. I used to wear glasses off stage. Now I'm thinking of getting a pair of contract lenses.

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A lot of things just got distorted, like stories about each other. After the tour we never talked. I believe a band should be…

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For me, practice isn't doing scales but doing things like writing, jamming with other people, or playing gigs.

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I learned a lot about lead; you don't have to blow your cookies in the first bar. It is much harder to be simple…

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I just started off on my own by learning the regular chords then the barre chords. Then I'd lean the notes that would go…

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I'd rather work than not.

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Blues teaches you to develop coherent solos, because the form you're playing over is so basic. You have to develop leads that go someplace.

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If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

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Once I was playing and moving around and I fell right on my back. Just straight on my back. It was the most embarrassing…

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I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late.

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I design some of my own clothes now.

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