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We have been called old rockers, rock pensioners, and dinosaurs.

When you think about it, we sold about 120 million records, which relates to about £1.2 billion in the U.K. economy. We've seen very little of that.

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I'm completely irresponsible, I'm afraid. I'm ignorant about money as a commodity - I have never really understood it.

I don't think happiness comes with money, but if you are hungry, you can't be as happy as if you aren't hungry.

I think there's something about having a purpose in life and a sense of belonging that is more important than money for any human being.

I assume I must have a pension, but I don't know for sure. I have heard of ISAs, but I can't tell you if I have any.

My father was a storekeeper at a factory in west London.

I grew up moving from one council flat to another and finished up in a three-bedroom semi-detached on a council estate in Cranford, a suburb of Hounslow. This was in the days when there was still rationing, and we had...

In the early Seventies, I bought a dilapidated hotel in north Stoke for about £100,000 and spent the same amount again renovating it, putting in a guitar-shaped swimming pool, painting the bathrooms purple, and installing gold dolphin taps.

I hate it in America where the protocol seems to be you are expected to tip regardless of the quality of service. I like to tip when it's not being demanded of me, and if the service has been good,...

We've never gone into the studio with prepared material... we never have.

When we arrive at the studio, we put the kettle on, have a cup of tea, say, 'How's the family? You still got that old car? Is that dog still alive?' and then we start jamming. That's how the songs...

When I picked up my guitar, I spent the first day learning the chord E, the second day A, then B7, and all of a sudden, I could play the blues.

I sang 'Nessun Dorma' twice with Pavarotti, and he told me he'd heard 'Smoke' about five or six times, and every time was different. He was so jealous because if he deviated one jot from the traditional interpretation of the...

Our partying was governed by licensing hours. When the pub or club shut, that would be it.

What happens is we finish the show, have a couple of drinks, go back to the hotel, talk, and that's it.

I've been in music all my life.

My grandad was an opera singer, my uncle a jazz musician; I was a boy soprano in the church choir. But the first performance with Deep Purple was something I'll never forget. All elements were working brilliantly.

I once wrote a song called 'No Laughing in Heaven,' which was about not wanting to go to Heaven due to the company I'd be keeping, and with a few exceptions, the Hall of Fame is pretty much the same...

When I'm writing with Tony Iommi, for example, still it's very easy. We go in, and I know exactly what his style is. It's very distinctive, and you know exactly what he's looking for, and we know exactly where we're...

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