Quotes from Peter Frampton

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 number of times that anything is overdubbed on 'Frampton Comes Alive!'... the rule was, if it didn't make it to the tape, then we can redo it because it needs to be done. If it made it to the tape, and it sounds good, we leave it. So nothing was overdubbed on that album at all that wasn't absolutely necessary.

Performing live has been one of the most important opportunities I've been given, and I am lucky to share my music with so many of my amazing, loyal, and diverse fans.

I love working with film, whether it's the technical side, the acting side, or the musical side.

But we go out as a band because we enjoy each others company, first of all. And its the payoff for me, to go out and play my art and still play guitar, which is my life.

I never gave up. I'm a fighter.

I was allowed a freedom as a baby boomer to do whatever I wanted to do. My parents were able to give their permission because they just felt, 'Why not?' I joined my first band and dropped out of school.

I think that my parents wanted my brother and I to do what they couldn't have done and live a free life and not worry about war.

I have a soft spot for 'Wind of Change' because it was my first one, and it was a departure from Humble Pie - very much so. It showed me the spectrum of what I could do.

I've never been in this business to make money. I've always been in it to make good music.

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

I think, at some point, I might have said it must be great to be as big as Elvis, but that wasn't a realistic dream.

I've always wanted to be the best guitarist in the world, ever since I was eight years old.

Writing for dance was a wonderfully freeing experience.

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.

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

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

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

I love to be a hermit.

I often explain it to people that if you listen to a Who record and then go see the Who live, it's like two different bands. That's how Humble Pie worked. We were definitely a lot more ferocious live because of the energy that the entire population of us had.

The Longer You Love, The Longer You Live, The Stronger You Feel, The More You Can Give.

A year before 'Frampton Comes Alive!' we had released the studio version of 'Show Me The Way' as a single - it was on the 'Frampton' album - and it totally tanked. Nothing.

The perception that I was just a pop star was pushed upon me by the public, and it's very hard to change the public's perception even though I never really pushed aside the musician aspect of my career. After I released 'Fingerprints,' my peers reassured me that I was on a level that I always hoped I would be on.

'Frampton Comes Alive!' is the album I'll always be remembered for. I'm very proud of the music that's on it. Why it exploded the way it did and continues to live on are things that can't fully be explained.