Quotes from Tommy Bolin

When I got to LA and was with the James Gang, I got the opportunity to write a lot, to play in front of large audiences, make some money.

When I first colored my hair, my mother loved it. I got kicked out of school when I was 15, just for my hair.

You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano.

I used to listen a lot to Rolling Stones records and play along with them when I was first starting. It's a good way to learn, jamming around basic music.

Once I was playing and moving around and I fell right on my back. Just straight on my back. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life.

I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing.

I think the way I play the guitar is very percussive. I play a lot of rhythm chops as though I were playing congas or something.

If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

I replaced Walsh, I replaced Blackmore, now I just gotta be me.

I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.

I'd rather work than not.

My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything.