Peter Frampton

“I never gave up. I'm a fighter.”

“I would like to be No. 2 but never No. 1. When I was No. 1, all eyes were on me. No. 2 slips out the door quietly and makes another great record.”

“I'm learning all the time. I've learned things like how to be a better person, better father, better husband.”

“After 'Frampton Comes Alive!' became a huge success, I really needed to take time off to work out what the hell just happened. Instead, I just kept working.”

“If one percent of the people who take iPad or iPhone videos of concerts watch them, I'd be very surprised.”

“I've been a huge Gregg Allman fan since first hearing the Brothers' live 'Fillmore' album.”

“I'm not a good thinker of tomorrow, looking forward. I live day-to-day. It's much easier for me that way.”

“A lot of other people have used the talk box but have used it as a sound as opposed to actually making the guitar enunciate words.”

“Detroit has always been a rock and roll audience for me and picked up on me and my performances long before a lot of other places in the country. I will never forget that. It's a home away from home. I love it.”

“The reason I wanted to play guitar was because I saw Buddy Holly and then our own homegrown Shadows on TV in 1957 or '58. I wanted to learn to play guitar so I could do what they did and be in a band.”

“My advice to new artists is to not follow a trend, but to start one. By that, I mean to not be tempted to do what business people might suggest to you, to jump on the bandwagon, but to be strong.”

“I am an oldies act - yes, I am - there's that part of me, but I am so much more than that.”

“Peace, love, and truth trump hate every time.”

“I've always had a good time in bands, and when I wasn't having a good time, I left.”

“I didn't have huge expectations for 'Frampton Comes Alive!' My previous album, 'Frampton,' had sold about 300,000 copies - a decent amount but not mind-blowing. There was talk at the label that maybe the live record could go gold. I was hoping we could do it, but I wasn't sure.”

“I was only a teenager when I played with the Herd and Humble Pie, and I was still in my early twenties when 'Frampton Comes Alive!' came out. That was an immense amount of work in a relatively short period of time. I needed to stop for a while and grow up, but I didn't do that.”

“A pop star's career lasts 18 months.”

“I don't think I could ever be in a band if we just had to go out there and play the record note for note. I'd give up. I'd become a banker.”

“You know me - I'm the road dog of road dogs.”

“I'd often use a Leslie cabinet on its own in the studio because everyone in the late Sixties and Seventies was experimenting with them. We'd stick anything through a Leslie because it made everything sound so good.”