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David Coverdale

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 22, 1951

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Artistic development is a thing of the past, sadly.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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I've always thought live albums were cop-outs.

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

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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.

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

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

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