Michael Schenker Quotes

The war in Iraq – if Osama was a Christian – it’s the Christmas present he never would have expected.

When you are live you never know what is going to happen.

The other thing that has made playing live for me more enjoyable is the audience. I never knew I had such heartfelt, loving fans.

The music is a personal expression, like art. It is something that you like doing that comes from within, and is an expression that comes from God. That is why artists are beautiful and why people who copy are not really artistic.

Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up.

In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don’t just play mechanically.