Your own material is your identity, and I think that's what you need to stick to.

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.

I love staying at home and not seeing a guitar for ten days... but then I love that feeling of picking it up again.

I had so much out there, the world was going crazy about 'Comes Alive!' I didn't need to go and rush into something else. You're only as good as your last record, so don't put one out for a while.

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.

I write about what happens to me. It's all there. I couldn't do it any other way.

When I go to do a show, it's my time; it's all about me. You've come to see me. You haven't come to see me if you're in an armchair watching a video. It's very distracting.

Music is now becoming 'free,' and it's very difficult for new artists to start.

It got to the point where I couldn't afford to borrow any more money to lose. Know what I mean? That was just before 'Frampton,' my fourth album. As we were recording it, I was very down and depressed.

I love to be a hermit.

People love to play 'Baby, I Love Your Way' at their weddings. They even play it for births and deaths - whatever the occasion, it seems to fit. Over the years, it's been used in lots of movies, and it's been covered by other artists more than any of my songs. I've written a standard... which is pretty incredible to me.

I was on 'The Mike Douglas Show' twice. I was on the cover of practically every magazine in the United States. I never said no to anything. I told everything to everybody. I gave everything away, and when you give it all away, you have nothing left.

Everybody wants to be on the front cover of 'People' and 'Rolling Stone.'

Some might say I didn't pay enough of my dues, and I think I've paid my dues.

I'm sure that I am enjoying my sobriety. And respect it. If you've been through what I've been through, then you really do treasure it.

If there's ever a live record that deserved to be mixed in surround sound, it's 'Frampton Comes Alive.'

Everyone wanted to play like Eric Clapton in the early to mid-'60s.

In 1978, I had a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas. There was a point when I could have lost my right arm - but it was good because it forced me to slow down and take a break.

The more simple my life is, the happier I am.

I've turned my back on fancy parties and red carpets. I'm a writer, and if I did that, I'd never get anything done.

I've always enjoyed acting, and there's more than a degree of it involved in singing live on stage.

At school, I was always the new boy, so I always went in for the school play. It was a way of breaking the ice and making friends with pupils and teachers for however long I had before moving on.

I'd never say I wouldn't fight a war. In different ages, I would have done. I'd have fought the Vikings.

I like touring. It's like a school trip.