David Coverdale Quotations

You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.

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.

Amateurs in professional situations make me very impatient.

What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself.

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.

I think we have two very important missions in life. One is to find out who we really are and the other one is to taste as much of life and experience as much of life as we can.

If I was a politician right now I would change just about everything.

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.

Hard rock may have faded from the media for a time, but I've always been able to make a living, if not in America, then in the rest of the world.

When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher.

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

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

With Whitesnake it would have been inappropriate for me to have played Deep Purple songs, although I did at the beginning because I didn't have enough Whitesnake songs.

I take care of my voice; I'm working out the way I would do my body, so that stays in shape.

I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.

I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.

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

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

With all the highs and lows I've had in my life, I wouldn't change anything. So no, I don't, this is what I'm supposed to be doing.

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.

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

Artistic development is a thing of the past, sadly.

I can't say I was leaping with joy with much of the news. I have been assured that the DVD production company believes they will be able to release the WHITESNAKE DVD on October 25, but, to be honest, I will believe it when I see it. On my return from South America, I will devote ALL my energy to rescuing it if the situation has not changed. So, as of now, you guys know as much as me. Do I feel like a victim? You bet. How does that feel? NOT GOOD! Am I pissed? YEP!! It does not suit me at all. So I am moving on. And as I promised you before, I will do everything I can to ensure it is released this year.

I can't endorse Napster because I'm a professional musician, but Napster did give me the idea that I can give something back to my supporters.

I remember when I was a teenager, the epitome of success for us was Top of the Pops in those days, because we really had no idea.

It doesn't mean there aren't other contributing factors, the investigation is not finished yet. There may be other elements.

I think I'm putting on the best shows I've ever done vocally and physically in my presentation,

Most live albums aren't live, parts of them are, but I've always felt it was because bands hadn't attended to writing songs enough.

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.

I stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down.

People think that I don't like women.

Someone once asked me, `How does Jimmy Page strike you?' I replied, `With both hands, of course...'

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've always thought live albums were cop-outs.

My voice is an instrument.

When certain bootleg companies started off and they would take maybe ten per cent of whatever they got and help fuel new bands, which I'm cool with, I think that's a good idea. Most of the record companies are not doing that.

Not necessarily, a lot of my songs are firmly tongue in cheek.

All my vocals were recorded at home, which was great for me. You can actually have a studio in a computer program called ProTools. I did half the record with ProTools.

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.

Also I haven't really heard that much criticism about my voice. Sitting here at the end of 30 years, I must be doing something right.

It's as if everyone has been waiting for something new from the band...I'm thrilled with the response to the DVD...It's been overwhelmingly positive & sets us up for the next move...

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.

I'm back on a mission. It's an appropriate time to re-introduce good, uplifting, positive rock 'n' roll.