Phil Collen quotes:

Blues artists now try and stay in a box. Back in the day at all the clubs you would see James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, The Isley Brothers, Little Richard and Etta James all play the same venues. It was a mix of funk, soul, blues and rock 'n' roll.

A lot of people go, "I'm influenced by the Beatles and Zeppelin," and they just sound like a karaoke.

Zeppelin were a blues band but [also] so much more, [as were] The Stones.

We'd played for years to half-empty clubs in England.

It's great to get insight into the era of 80's rock-n-roll via a treasure trove of photographs skillfully captured in front of Mark Weiss' camera lens. This event is the perfect time capsule for Mark's work finally being released upon the masses in 2012.

The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better.

That was the most exciting period, I think: at first, when you get the success on that really large scale.

I think if you're inspired, you don't let a little thing like scheduling and deadlines get in your way.

If you want to achieve something, you have to work a little harder and get out of your comfort zone. That is with everything: relationships, the band, music, athletics. All of the above.