David Coverdale

“I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I'm in Europe. I'm always shocked that I'm still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago.”

“I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.”

“I'm embracing new technology to record my songs, and it's a wonderful way to interact with people who love Whitesnake and help spread the gospel of the 'Snake, and I'm having fun doing it.”

“Whitesnake more than most rock bands would get a very significant percentage of women in the audience and those were the ones I'd hear the voices because from where I am on stage is a pretty good spot.”

“The only one I really like is a song called Saccharine.”

“The other thing that was very noticeable on that tour, not so much in the video, was the new young element that were coming to our shows... I started to see some very young people in the audience... maybe 14, 15, 16 years old.”

“It's all about love.”

“I probably listen to Burn more than any of them, because it was so new me, so novel. To see my name on an actual record was such an incredible feeling.”

“The critics love to get out their knives and dine on Coverdale. But the worse the criticism gets, the more successful I become.”

“I'm the last person to ask 'what do you remember' from a particular time period... I like to learn from the past... not 'live' in it.”

“In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to find out, who I am, It's something I think I'll be doing for the rest of my life.”

“Most of the albums that have taken long have been related to illness and fatigue or producer problems.”

“The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.”

“I would hope it's better, but I'm actually acknowledging now that I want to explore all these levels from a whisper to a scream with this gift I've been given.”